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[Mikeyj]

and I was thinking Cluedo...

[thebruce]

[POTUS]

Never be quiet! Carpe cube! SENTE!

I think the badge numbers fit with key speculation so here's this:

[csieg]

It looks like they've caught on to this thread. All links at the Sentinel have ben changed form the "authenticate" page to a specific page.

[thebruce]

nope, headlines and summaries near the bottom are still /authenticate

[Salkunh]

So I got my latest Atlantis DVD yesterday and in between swooning over McKay and Carson I had an idea (which may have already been had here somewhere) what if the key is a gene, like the ancients gene in atlantis, that we dont pocess and therefore cant access the pages....just a thought...anyway back to geek lovin

[Mikeyj]

[tanner]

dr johnson invented correct spelling when he published his dictionary

untill then people just spelled words phonetically -(fonetikly ?) --- shakespeare spelt his own name in many different ways (as i do )

as this dominant way of speech in those days was more gutteral than now dr johnson spelt sight and night etc as they were said -- with a g -- kinda like sicht and nicht

since then weve been stuck with the nonsense of bad spelling = bad english

an english teacher now would fail shakespeare for bad spelling -- the greatest genius in english literature being failed by an upstart teacher )

you may have noticed that i ignore all spelling rules
and most grammer

[Salkunh]

spelling is over rated all hail incorrect spelling day!

[Mikeyj]

There is something to be said for spelling though:

Meretricious:

1. Attracting attention in a vulgar manner: meretricious ornamentation.
2. Plausible but false or insincere; specious: a meretricious argument.
3. Of or relating to prostitution

Merry Trishas
1. Tipsy TV Host
2. Drunken greeting during the Christmas season.

[POTUS]

Thanks to all who responded: About the spelling of "Scholares" . . .

My point was that this deGubas guy uses both versions. He knows how he spelled it once - why change? It's very striking that his diatribe is about the intelligence of Academy scholars. It seemed like a subtlety that existed for no reason, and so therefore it was a clue. That it involved "e" and "a" made me think of the badges.

Of course I still want to use the "959" on the 50 Pound note to do something too.

[Violet]

Surely with an ARG, where anything could be a code or a clue, spelling's got to be taken just a tiny bit seriously? Otherwise we'd never crack any codes or anything. Maybe there is something in the extra 'a' or 'e', could be a way of attracting attention to it...

[Centipede]

[<PSH>]

speling dai iz oaver rated awl hale speling dae.

[Violet]

Spelled correctly, but "over rated" needs hyphenating...