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Post by SnicketFires on Jan 26, 2004 22:09:03 GMT -5
I liked your message, swans. Mine:
Dear Readers
After you have eaten your blanched dinner of puttanesca, anchovies, capers and Molotov cocktails please case(ing) the joint, posthaste.
With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket
ps: Lamentably deplorable!
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Post by Celinra on Jan 27, 2004 10:27:14 GMT -5
I tried to do that, once. I thought maybe it was something like Isadora's couplets in TVV. It doesn't seem to be, though.
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Post by Sometimes A on Jan 27, 2004 15:15:37 GMT -5
I have books 9, 10, and TUA. Maybe we could collaborate?
Also, Sunny's words become a LOT clearer in TSS. I think that if they (the words) were meant to convey something, that something was extra dialogue (and some plot in TSS as well).
Has anyone tried looking for initials?
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Jan 27, 2004 16:07:21 GMT -5
I think Sunny's clearer talking is a sign that she's growing up, not a message. Who knows?
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Post by PJ on Jun 25, 2004 2:36:52 GMT -5
I also noticed that Lemony didn't define words that often later on in the books, especially TSS than for instance TBB
Maybe theres a code like the Sebald code, every tenth word, or the last letter of each word or something like that
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Post by Rellim on Jun 25, 2004 20:51:15 GMT -5
The Sebald code is every eleventh word after the ringing of a bell. And maybe he just ran out of big words to use so he didnt have any to define in the later books.
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Post by Antenora on Jun 25, 2004 21:40:13 GMT -5
I think that Lemony defines words mainly for the sake of satire. A while ago I read a children's book from the 1940s, and it defined "difficult" words like "indelible" and "velveteen". Lemony's making fun of the patronizingly educational children's authors of yore. However, I enjoy looking for a good coded message, and vocab words are an intriguing place to start.
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Post by ineedyourhelp on Jun 25, 2004 22:09:04 GMT -5
*applauds swans* thats some great investigating.
I dont think theres a code, cauze that would take A LONG time to do.
But hey, you never know.
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Jun 28, 2004 20:43:59 GMT -5
wow, my thread isn't as dead as I thought! Still don't think that there's a message though...
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Post by sugarbowl on Jun 30, 2004 9:52:48 GMT -5
It is possible but I doubt it.
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Post by Monkeysclient on Jul 10, 2004 4:39:10 GMT -5
Looking for an anagram of firt letters of the dedications to beatrice. looked it up on a site i have just found that finds anagrams (its such a long word its difficult to do alone!) heres the link: www.anagramsite.com/cgi-bin/getanagram.cgi I didnt find much, what do you think? Also, there is an anagram in the longest word Sunny sats, I will find it as i have forgotten what it was (i got it off another site) and tell you. |
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Post by Monkeysclient on Jul 10, 2004 5:01:45 GMT -5
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Post by Antenora on Jul 10, 2004 12:42:07 GMT -5
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Post by Monkeysclient on Jul 10, 2004 12:58:27 GMT -5
Well as you can see I havn't been here long so i didn not see your post, im sorry! And yes it is a word in our language i know that too. I never said I was the first ever person to find that. lighten up please!
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Post by Antenora on Jul 10, 2004 13:08:28 GMT -5
I just wanted you to make a note of that, because I'm proud of my discovery. And I was linking to my thread because it's related to this topic. You also should lighten up.
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