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[hex set] #202 - Mother Tongue
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domroberts
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Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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Location: England

Yup, congrats and thanks to all. I seem to be the only one here from England that has stayed up all night on this thing Rolling Eyes

wont get a top ten, but been great fun being part of it all Smile

*staggers off to bed*

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:51 am
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fretty
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Joined: 19 Nov 2004
Posts: 281
Location: South Yorkshire, England

Is it possible to get a nugget for this one? Can't "see" the answer.

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:42 am
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doublecross
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Joined: 25 Jul 2005
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Location: London, UK

Congrats on the solve! If this is because of one of my anagrams, I'll eat my card! (after noting down the 12-character code, of course)
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PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:47 am
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Rand0m
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Joined: 14 Mar 2006
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Location: London

Yes, many congratulations.

You would not believe how many slips of paper with letters on I have scattered on the dining room table for easy anagramming.

Five sets, actually - letter pairs and groups of three based on international classifications for countries. Produced an enormous number of anagrams (with up to 90 letters it would do) but never a question among them as there were no Hs or Ws.

Now I have 10 minutes before work to figure out what the answer *really* is from the hints here...
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How the Cube was found - my Season One endgame microsite. Arrow

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:52 am
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opsis
Boot

Joined: 06 May 2006
Posts: 14
Location: Guernsey

Many congratulations to the solvers across the 'pond'. Any further clues would be appreciated as this one has really got me baffled. I'm trying to find some reference but anagramming is not my personal favourite, as I might have mentioned before!

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:56 am
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Rifflesby
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Joined: 15 Apr 2006
Posts: 23
Location: Mesa, AZ

Remember how I said I didn't think it was an anagram, because there were too many letters? Yeah, this crow is delicious. It goes great with my hat. :)

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:57 am
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Hobbess
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Joined: 19 Dec 2005
Posts: 42
Location: Glasgow

arrggghhh just read the last 3 pages on just getting to work with no card! Now need to switch off from ppcity for 9 hours or so or else my head will explode. Shocked

Nuggets so far not helping me, which is even worse after staring at this card constantly for who knows how long, and playing with anagrams again last night.
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This one's tricky. You have to use imaginary numbers, like eleventeen ...

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 5:01 am
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miamo_tutti
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Joined: 06 Apr 2006
Posts: 50
Location: Colorado Springs, CO

I'm not sure how good I am with hints. My first one led everybody to the solve in maybe an hour. So let's try these:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

First off, resist all temptation to complicate. This is really key.


Something else...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

This card is asking a question. Even if you can't discern exactly how it is asking it, imagine what you might expect the answer to be (a good bit of trivia, in the style of Vexillology perhaps?)


And a little less subtle...

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

Anagrams. One in particular has already been mentioned in this thread, and in my opinion it points directly to the solve (though it might not be directly posing a question). Examine them more closely.


Hope this helps.

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 5:07 am
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Nerd
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Joined: 07 May 2006
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Location: Wokingham, Berkshire, UK

is it just a simple single word? or a couple of words, or a long word

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 5:11 am
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Guin
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Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 400
Location: Antartica

why do we always overcomplicate these things?

Im off to bite my tongue and not go off on mad PIE language searches and stick to the basics and work on anagrams in future - anagrams i can do

a few good hints got me on the right track thanks finally.
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PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 5:38 am
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Nerd
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Joined: 07 May 2006
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Location: Wokingham, Berkshire, UK

i give up

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:23 am
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cthrag yaska
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Joined: 28 Nov 2005
Posts: 26
Location: Bolton, UK

Can someone throw a clue... are we looking at an anagram of the countries' names, their native languages or what?

Cheers.

PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:01 am
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uptheblades
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Joined: 13 Dec 2005
Posts: 19

to stop you all wandering off tangentially,
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eveything you need to solve this card has been posted since yesterday..


PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:13 am
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Rand0m
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Joined: 14 Mar 2006
Posts: 271
Location: London

And to help a little further:

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You don't type the anagram in the answer box, you use it to research a piece of information which is the answer. The piece of information is shorter than the anagram. Both anagram and answer have been posted here recently.

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PostPosted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:16 am
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doublecross
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Joined: 25 Jul 2005
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Location: London, UK

OK, got it now

Got it now, thanks to a final nudge from Guin - who I record for posterity as currently being the sole #1 on the Leaderboard.

If it is indeed an anagram, or ordering of the countries,

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where did the F come from? None of the countries start with F in their native languages.

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