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cheesey · Boot Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 24

Just a thought from the hint

This suggests to me that the answer is actually in the country's language i.e Espana rather than Spain, or similarily for the language itself. English rather than Anglais.

Maybe the answer is in its native tongue?

**Posted:** Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:27 am

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cheesey · Boot Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 24

Dont have the card unfortunately.

What other countries apart from Hawaii are omitted? Maybe there is a pattern there.

Also is it a modern map, or an old ancient one??

**Posted:** Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:08 am

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The map is modern - it has Georgia, for example, on its post 1990 borders.

Hawaii isn't a country - and arguably it is only omitted because it would appear off the card. Incidentally the only land on the card that is not a country is New Caledonia, which is a French dependent territory.

**Posted:** Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:31 am

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Incidentally, I thought that a possible ordering for countries might be international dialling codes, given their link with speaking. It doesn't seem to work, but for the record these are:

**Posted:** Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:55 am

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In the absence of a helpful ordering of countries, the best anagram I can come up with of initials of countries in their own language is

**Posted:** Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:43 am

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The bit of the map with Israel is so hard to distinguish, you could lose the e and have numberless languages on tongue. I'm sure it's not right but I really like your try.

**Posted:** Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:24 am

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gopipgo · Boot Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 14

What's Von's hint on this card? Can't see it in rest of the threads...

**Posted:** Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:29 pm

ambskunk

**Posted:** Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:30 pm

cassandra · Entrenched Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 831

Despite the fact that there are a ridiculous number of potentially relevant anagrams, my latest line of thought involves the following:

**Posted:** Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:23 pm

echidna

**Posted:** Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:27 pm

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Snr Weaver · Boot Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 30

Tried

**Posted:** Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:28 pm

Ashin · Veteran Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 140

Anyone here old enough to remember the name of that "global language" that people were trying to develop in the 70's? I'm 23, so this was a little before my time.

Tried to do a few internet searches, but didn't see anything relating to what I'm thinking of.