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# Number of letters
 
# Number of letters
 
# Number of syllables
 
# Number of syllables
 +
# First letter
  
 
== Crazy attempt to record wrong guesses per word ==
 
== Crazy attempt to record wrong guesses per word ==
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give
 
give
 
his
 
his
<b title="Not:
+
blessing
addition
+
best
+
blood
+
box
+
center
+
child
+
come
+
command
+
commandery
+
commandment
+
corruption
+
daughter
+
daughters
+
different
+
essence
+
exhortation
+
explains
+
flames
+
future
+
gives
+
going
+
inspiration
+
instrumentality
+
knowledge
+
later
+
law
+
life
+
local
+
lore
+
maybe
+
might
+
ninja
+
obligation
+
orb
+
orders
+
put
+
quickly
+
redemption
+
ritual
+
seem
+
seems
+
small
+
son
+
sons
+
sword
+
teahood
+
trust
+
us
+
white
+
why
+
">NOUN</b>
+
 
and
 
and
<b title="Not:
+
protection
commandment
+
commission
+
corruption
+
declaration
+
defiance
+
demonstration
+
inspiration
+
instruction
+
moderation
+
redemption
+
">TEN-LETTER-THREE-SYLLABLE-ABSTRACT-NOUN-MADE-FROM-A-VERB-WITH-A-SUFFIX-FROM-ANGLO-NORMAN-MIDDLE-FRENCH</b>
+
 
to
 
to
 
the
 
the
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brothers
 
brothers
 
captain
 
captain
 +
charts
 +
council
 
court
 
court
 
doesn't
 
doesn't
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maker
 
maker
 
masters
 
masters
 +
models
 
Mountain
 
Mountain
 
news
 
news
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seer
 
seer
 
several
 
several
 +
signs
 +
soothsayers
 
South
 
South
 
spirits
 
spirits
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woman
 
woman
 
yuga
 
yuga
">NOUN</b>
+
">PLURAL-MILDLY-OBSCURE-ABSTRACT-NOUN-FROM-FRENCH-AND-LATIN</b>
 
predict
 
predict
 
that
 
that
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abuse
 
abuse
 
arrogate
 
arrogate
 +
attack
 
box
 
box
 +
break
 
chi
 
chi
 
cost
 
cost
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seize
 
seize
 
sense
 
sense
 +
shackle
 
ship
 
ship
 
steal
 
steal
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use
 
use
 
usurp
 
usurp
 +
vanquish
 
who
 
who
">VERB</b>
+
wield
 +
">ACTIVE-PHYSICAL-VERB-FROM-GERMAN-AND-IT-REALLY-SOUNDS-LIKE-IT</b>
 
it
 
it
 
and
 
and
 
cause
 
cause
 
the
 
the
<b title="Not:
+
downfall
annihilation
+
around
+
beginning
+
between
+
center
+
clear
+
death
+
debasement
+
delay
+
demise
+
desecration
+
destruction
+
difference
+
elephant
+
else
+
end
+
even
+
event
+
fall
+
far
+
father
+
fourth
+
goes
+
indwelling
+
little
+
looks
+
lore
+
loss
+
making
+
man
+
peace
+
power
+
probably
+
prospect
+
replacement
+
restoration
+
return
+
ruin
+
safety
+
sanctity
+
second
+
sufficiency
+
talk
+
tea
+
things
+
together
+
truth
+
under
+
vault
+
wealth
+
withering
+
yes
+
">NOUN</b>
+
 
of
 
of
 
the
 
the
 
Dragon's
 
Dragon's
<b title="Not:
+
land.
away
+
better
+
blood
+
captain
+
center
+
change
+
child
+
creation
+
death
+
Elephant
+
father
+
finds
+
hand
+
having
+
here
+
Imperial
+
kin
+
kind
+
late
+
leadership
+
leave
+
line
+
look
+
man
+
mountain
+
mouth
+
much
+
names
+
ninja
+
put
+
realm
+
reign
+
rest
+
return
+
rise
+
rule
+
self
+
sense
+
slumber
+
someone
+
trove
+
truth
+
usurpation
+
vault
+
voice
+
voyage
+
war
+
wealth
+
working
+
wrath
+
">NOUN</b>.
+
 
And
 
And
 
thus
 
thus
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charge,
 
charge,
 
and
 
and
<b title="Not:
+
take
already
+
also
+
armor
+
attenuate
+
bad
+
behind
+
bestowed
+
block
+
brought
+
carried
+
choose
+
convey
+
conveyed
+
create
+
created
+
delivered
+
destroyed
+
each
+
forge
+
forged
+
form
+
gave
+
getting
+
gives
+
guards
+
hand
+
hid
+
later
+
light
+
moved
+
North
+
off
+
only
+
passed
+
prefigure
+
Queen
+
remove
+
removed
+
seems
+
sought
+
starts
+
stop
+
suggests
+
them
+
took
+
tries
+
visit
+
young
+
your
+
">VERB</b>
+
 
the
 
the
 
three
 
three
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Vault
 
Vault
 
and
 
and
<b title="Not:
+
hide
ask
+
best
+
book
+
brought
+
color
+
cost
+
delivered
+
divided
+
empower
+
entrusted
+
exalt
+
favor
+
follow
+
forged
+
formed
+
from
+
granted
+
held
+
hid
+
king
+
known
+
making
+
names
+
note
+
onto
+
passed
+
placed
+
plan
+
presented
+
relinquished
+
reforged
+
removed
+
scryed
+
sealed
+
see
+
sense
+
suggest
+
take
+
takes
+
transformed
+
used
+
using
+
want
+
">ACTIVE-PRESENT-TENSE-SIMPLE-VERB</b>
+
 
them
 
them
<b title="Not:
+
behind
about
+
again
+
amidst
+
among
+
anyone
+
armor
+
around
+
been
+
before
+
better
+
between
+
betwixt
+
city
+
court
+
created
+
did
+
follow
+
forged
+
from
+
gave
+
here
+
himself
+
immediately
+
inside
+
kindled
+
making
+
merchant
+
must
+
near
+
old
+
on
+
once
+
one
+
onto
+
over
+
Queen
+
quickly
+
say
+
scryed
+
spend
+
start
+
sure
+
to
+
until
+
unto
+
upon
+
using
+
with
+
within
+
">PREPOSITION</b>
+
 
the
 
the
 
three
 
three
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manage
 
manage
 
to
 
to
<b title="Not:
+
destroy
acquire
+
also
+
alter
+
battle
+
being
+
breach
+
bring
+
choose
+
climb
+
commandeer
+
cost
+
deceive
+
defeat
+
defend
+
else
+
fact
+
find
+
fu
+
hide
+
inn
+
known
+
light
+
makes
+
map
+
money
+
not
+
penetrate
+
people
+
pierce
+
plan
+
preserve
+
quite
+
renew
+
save
+
secret
+
sever
+
share
+
shelter
+
side
+
some
+
someone
+
such
+
there
+
thwart
+
transform
+
unlock
+
use
+
voyage
+
warn
+
">VERB</b>
+
 
the
 
the
<b title="Not:
+
mine
boat
+
both
+
bridge
+
Butterfly
+
by
+
clues
+
contest
+
decides
+
duty
+
egg
+
enemy
+
entrance
+
first
+
flame
+
flames
+
half
+
how
+
invaders
+
keep
+
making
+
match
+
money
+
monkeys
+
person
+
prince
+
prize
+
sanctum
+
says
+
scroll
+
seal
+
seals
+
secret
+
see
+
tea
+
tell
+
tells
+
thieves
+
third
+
this
+
time
+
trouble
+
trove
+
vault
+
war
+
whether
+
which
+
won't
+
world
+
years
+
">NOUN</b>
+
 
and
 
and
 
bury  
 
bury  
 
their
 
their
 
Key
 
Key
<b title="Not:
+
beneath
across
+
before
+
below
+
between
+
beyond
+
down
+
from
+
in
+
inside
+
near
+
next
+
on
+
past
+
together
+
towards
+
under
+
unto
+
upon
+
while
+
within
+
">PREPOSITION</b>
+
 
Heaven,
 
Heaven,
 
never
 
never
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bargain
 
bargain
 
binding
 
binding
 +
blessing
 
by
 
by
 
casket
 
casket
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contract
 
contract
 
covenant
 
covenant
 +
crossing
 
deal
 
deal
 
doing
 
doing
 
end
 
end
 
isn't
 
isn't
 +
killing
 
king
 
king
 
league
 
league
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scheme
 
scheme
 
seal
 
seal
 +
seeming
 
stand
 
stand
 
start
 
start
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vow
 
vow
 
were
 
were
">NOUN</b>
+
">SLIGHTLY-UNGRAMMATICAL-PRETENTIOUS-SOUNDING-GERUND</b>
 
with
 
with
 
demons
 
demons
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got
 
got
 
guard
 
guard
 +
hid
 
hidden
 
hidden
 
high
 
high
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she
 
she
 
smuggled
 
smuggled
 +
sought
 +
spirited
 
something
 
something
 
spirited
 
spirited
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want
 
want
 
were
 
were
">WORD</b>
+
won
 +
">PAST-TENSE-IRREGULAR-ACTIVE-GERMANIC-VERB</b>
 
a
 
a
 
piece
 
piece
 
of
 
of
 
the
 
the
<b title="Not:
+
<b title="
 +
Is: land
 +
 
 +
Not:
 
action
 
action
 
answer
 
answer
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ask
 
ask
 
better
 
better
 +
bridge
 
center
 
center
 
end
 
end
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has
 
has
 
here
 
here
 +
house
 
how
 
how
 
holy
 
holy
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room
 
room
 
seal
 
seal
 +
shrine
 
small
 
small
 
spirit
 
spirit
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takes
 
takes
 
thing
 
thing
 +
tomb
 
treasured
 
treasured
 
tree
 
tree
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white
 
white
 
wonder
 
wonder
">WORD</b>
+
">THAT-SAME-BIG-CONCRETE-COMMON-GERMANIC-PLACE</b>
 
away
 
away
 
from
 
from
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four
 
four
 
were
 
were
<b title="Not:
+
corrupted
addled
+
attacked
+
beaten
+
been
+
bound
+
bribed
+
come
+
corrupt
+
defeated
+
died
+
enlarged
+
failed
+
infatuated
+
left
+
lengthened
+
lost
+
removed
+
return
+
rewarded
+
seconded
+
slain
+
smitten
+
steadfast
+
stopped
+
take
+
tricked
+
tries
+
use
+
weakened
+
whitened
+
">PAST-PARTICIPLE-ADJECTIVE</b>
+
 
and
 
and
 
have
 
have
<b title="Not:
+
revealed
abandoned
+
appears
+
betrayed
+
book
+
broken
+
clear
+
comes
+
continued
+
denied
+
deserted
+
discarded
+
dropped
+
else
+
enfeebled
+
evoked
+
exposed
+
failed
+
follow
+
forfeited
+
forgotten
+
forsaken
+
fulfilled
+
given
+
goes
+
keep
+
kept
+
left
+
less
+
let
+
lost
+
met
+
might
+
much
+
neglected
+
overlooked
+
queened
+
rather
+
relinquished
+
returned
+
report
+
room
+
same
+
shirked
+
sold
+
surrendered
+
thinks
+
three
+
two
+
under
+
visit
+
yielded
+
">WORD</b>
+
 
their
 
their
 
charge.
 
charge.
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into
 
into
 
the
 
the
<b title="Not:
+
pool
behind
+
belly
+
bit
+
bottom
+
cellar
+
center
+
citadel
+
city
+
confluence
+
death
+
different
+
enough
+
entrance
+
head
+
heart
+
home
+
how
+
know
+
lair
+
like
+
little
+
local
+
magic
+
message
+
next
+
ninja
+
now
+
palace
+
place
+
port
+
Prince
+
realm
+
redoubt
+
ritual
+
roof
+
secret
+
seen
+
shrine
+
side
+
tent
+
than
+
think
+
three
+
throne
+
tomb
+
top
+
vault
+
water
+
waters
+
way
+
woman
+
">NOUN</b>
+
 
of
 
of
 
the
 
the
<b title="Not:
+
Emperors
beast
+
beginning
+
best
+
brotherhood
+
cave
+
cinquefoil
+
city
+
dawn
+
doing
+
father
+
flame
+
fortress
+
future
+
good
+
guardians
+
guards
+
heads
+
iniquity
+
lair
+
many
+
Master
+
much
+
next
+
outside
+
palace
+
particular
+
path
+
perhaps
+
realm
+
right
+
ritual
+
rivers
+
second
+
secret
+
Serpentine
+
ship
+
side
+
stronghold
+
temple
+
tests
+
thing
+
third
+
those
+
tomb
+
town
+
try
+
vault
+
visit
+
water
+
waters
+
world
+
">NOUN</b>
+
 
and
 
and
<b title="Not:
+
bypass
another
+
attack
+
carry
+
come
+
comes
+
confront
+
defeat
+
early
+
extinguish
+
face
+
fight
+
find
+
five
+
free
+
hand
+
kill
+
know
+
knows
+
lift
+
light
+
look
+
maybe
+
North
+
old
+
open
+
open
+
other
+
outside
+
place
+
port
+
preserve
+
proclaim
+
Queen
+
quench
+
recover
+
red
+
remove
+
retrieve
+
reveal
+
seek
+
small
+
solve
+
solve
+
something
+
somewhat
+
spend
+
steal
+
storm
+
take
+
them
+
though
+
use
+
what
+
">VERB</b>
+
 
the
 
the
 
Flame
 
Flame
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I
 
I
 
have
 
have
<b title="Not:
+
read,
able
+
anything
+
army
+
ascertained
+
better
+
big
+
collected
+
decoded
+
didn't
+
discovered
+
encoded
+
find
+
found
+
gathered
+
gotten
+
having
+
here
+
house
+
known
+
learned
+
learnt
+
made
+
more
+
observed
+
once
+
parsed
+
path
+
pronounced
+
read
+
recorded
+
recovered
+
remembered
+
reported
+
scried
+
scriven
+
seen
+
slightly
+
spoken
+
start
+
still
+
them
+
town
+
transcribed
+
translated
+
who
+
witnessed
+
why
+
written
+
yes
+
">VERB</b>,
+
 
and
 
and
 
I
 
I
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fulfill
 
fulfill
 
our
 
our
<b title="Not:
+
trust.
agreement
+
agrees
+
apparently
+
assignment
+
book
+
calling
+
captain
+
cause
+
center
+
charge
+
commission
+
commitment
+
death
+
debt
+
destiny
+
duties
+
duty
+
enough
+
expiation
+
father
+
glory
+
lord
+
mandate
+
maybe
+
mission
+
my
+
need
+
needs
+
now
+
oath
+
obligation
+
office
+
pledge
+
point
+
possible
+
promise
+
purpose
+
responsibility
+
role
+
sort
+
task
+
tells
+
those
+
through
+
time
+
various
+
vigil
+
vision
+
way
+
year
+
">NOUN</b>.
+
 
Though
 
Though
 
I
 
I
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I
 
I
 
shall
 
shall
<b title="Not:
+
cast
act
+
agree
+
aid
+
another
+
apparently
+
armor
+
await
+
bear
+
better
+
bring
+
convey
+
deliver
+
different
+
don't
+
enact
+
enforce
+
engender
+
follow
+
guide
+
help
+
if
+
keep
+
leave
+
light
+
likely
+
make
+
man
+
on
+
pass
+
path
+
point
+
proclaim
+
repeat
+
secret
+
ship
+
show
+
speak
+
someone
+
still
+
strike
+
suffer
+
sure
+
take
+
than
+
too
+
transfer
+
use
+
wants
+
wonder
+
Yin
+
">VERB</b>
+
 
his
 
his
 
Command
 
Command
 
<b title="Not:
 
<b title="Not:
also
+
apply
away
+
aptly
confidently
+
even
+
fiercely
+
forcefully
+
how
+
immediately
+
instead
+
likely
+
 
maybe
 
maybe
 
never
 
never
now
+
north
on
+
partly
+
 
since
 
since
something
+
south
 
still
 
still
surely
 
swiftly
 
thus
 
 
truly
 
truly
unswervingly
+
">FIVE-LETTER-DIRECTIONAL-ADVERB-FROM-OLD-SAXON-MIDDLE-HIGH-GERMAN </b>
willingly
+
without
+
">DIRECTIONAL-ADVERB-FROM-OLD-SAXON-MIDDLE-HIGH-GERMAN</b>
+
 
to
 
to
 
those
 
those
Line 1,559: Line 745:
 
His
 
His
 
<b title="Not:
 
<b title="Not:
after
 
armor
 
awakening
 
 
between
 
between
boat
 
brotherhood
 
cause
 
charge
 
coming
 
 
command
 
command
commands
 
enemy
 
fate
 
finds
 
flame
 
Forest
 
 
getting
 
getting
good
 
idea
 
important
 
 
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Latest revision as of 09:53, 19 July 2011

/Archive1

Contents

Hints come in this order

  1. Part of speech
  2. More grammatical details
  3. Etymology
  4. Number of letters
  5. Number of syllables
  6. First letter

Crazy attempt to record wrong guesses per word

Testing wiki formatting. Mouse over WORDs to see what we've already tried in that spot.

Paragraph 1

These are the words I found upon the remains of the tablet, as I found it, and as I transcribed it, before it was destroyed. May these words not fall into the hands of the enemies of the Dragon.

Paragraph 2

"And in the last days of the great Lo Tan, did he give his blessing and protection to the brotherhood of Keepers. And as the Cycle itself turns, with each Great Spirit rising to ascendency and then falling once more only to rise again, so did the PLURAL-MILDLY-OBSCURE-ABSTRACT-NOUN-FROM-FRENCH-AND-LATIN predict that the Dragon Emperors would return. And so as the line of Emperors slept, the Keepers would protect Their legacy from those who would ACTIVE-PHYSICAL-VERB-FROM-GERMAN-AND-IT-REALLY-SOUNDS-LIKE-IT it and cause the downfall of the Dragon's land. And thus did the thirteen Keepers receive their charge, and take the three Keys to the Vault and hide them behind the three Flames of the Dragon. And the Flame of the Yin was in the body of the land, and it was deep beneath the earth, where it would not be found. And the Flame of the Chi was in the heart of the land, and it was deep within the tree, where it would not be found. And the Flame of the Yang was in the spirit of the land, and it was deep within the waters, where it would not"

Paragraph 3

These are the words I found upon the scroll, as I found it, and as I transcribed it, before it was stolen. May these words not fall into the hands of the enemies of the Dragon.

Paragraph 4

"The Great Keeper is not able to stop us. The first four are dead, though they did manage to destroy the mine and bury their Key beneath Heaven, never to be recovered. The second four have made a SLIGHTLY-UNGRAMMATICAL-PRETENTIOUS-SOUNDING-GERUND with demons and PAST-TENSE-IRREGULAR-ACTIVE-GERMANIC-VERB a piece of the THAT-SAME-BIG-CONCRETE-COMMON-GERMANIC-PLACE away from the Forest, where it can not be reached. But the third four were corrupted and have revealed their charge. We shall dive into the pool of the Emperors and bypass the Flame this very day, and the Dragon's Hoard will be ours."

Paragraph 5

These are the words I have read, and I believe they are true. Thus, I am the last Great Keeper. The rest of the thirteen are dead, or lost, or worse, and so it is only I who remain to fulfill our trust. Though I do not have the Keys, I do have the blessing of Dragon. I shall cast his Command FIVE-LETTER-DIRECTIONAL-ADVERB-FROM-OLD-SAXON-MIDDLE-HIGH-GERMAN to those who would defy his will, and they shall be bound to His SEVEN-LETTER-ABSTRACT-NOUN-FROM-ANGLO-NORMAN-OLD-FRENCH, as if they were Keepers themselves. Until freed by touch of the Dragon, they shall serve, even unto their deaths as shall any who join with them. The Dragon's will shall prevail until He returns.

Comments

Oooh, nice. When initially thinking about the mechanic, we were thinking of doing mouseovers for information on a single word (if there's ever more than one hint worth of information), but it hadn't come up yet. --Boojum 18:45, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
It's better than the other stuff I tried, at least. Cumbersome to convert my spreadsheet into that format by hand, though, so I'll ponder how to convert it automagically. --Haydn 18:55, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
This is great. My hat's not pointy enough to do it any way but by hand, but I can start adding my previous guesses in off my spreadheet. Xian 14:35, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
I have a reasonably tall pointy hat in the field of text-frobulation, if someone wants to send me a spreadsheet to try playing with. --Boojum 14:53, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
I forgot that, unfortunately, the way I've been managing my guesses means that previous guesses are not preserved anywhere in the sheet, so by hand is the only way to go back and include mine. Xian 16:08, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Hmm. This may be a job for Perl. After the log gets written, though.  :) --Boojum 16:22, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
I'm adding in my (and Xiao Fa's) previous guesses by hand. If any of the guessed words seem sufficiently unlikely to ever be tried again, go ahead and remove them. I already can't guess the same word twice in the same place. Xian 17:43, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
The paragraph breaks help me find my WORDs more quickly. If they are getting in the way of some automated process, feel free to remove them. Haydn 13:36, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Spelling

Us humans are usually fairly forgiving, but even fairly sophisticated text-frobulation can't cope with misspellings, so we may need to be more careful than when we're simply writing to be understood.

Prophecy is the noun. Prophesy is the verb. Phrophesy isn't anything. Xian 00:39, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

At this point, there are few enough words that I'm looking by eye rather than doing anything automatic. ascendency/ascendancy was okay, and I will try to not hold obvious typos against you, but I don't count plurality differences, conjugation differences, etc. --Boojum 00:54, 18 May 2011 (UTC)


Targeted Discussions

The Cycle WORD Turns

Possibly "the Cycle *wheel* turns"? I miss the words to try. --HeidiB 16:07, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

I tried wheel, it sounded good. No luck.  :-( Haydn 17:31, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Meta-discussion

My theory is that this is a wiki with revision control, and we should individually feel free to make executive decisions about how we want it organized. If someone disagrees, they can change it back, and/or start a discussion about it. At the discussion point, we can be all "IMHO" and "Mother May I," but things will tend to go fairly well if we just assume that everyone involved (including ourselves) is clever. For example, if I take out the "Words To Try" and you want them back, just put them back. I'll think, "Huh. Apparently they were more useful than I thought," and happily leave them alone. Haydn 13:23, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

But I don't (yet) feel confident enough in that theory to remove old talk entries, even though they are clearly obsolete. Any opinions on old talk entries or the proposed theory of wiki-etiquette in general? Haydn 13:23, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

If this version of MediaWiki supports fairly low-effort collapsible sections of pages or auto-archiving, either of those could be simple solutions. Otherwise I think the easiest answer is "scrollbar is your friend". Xian 14:37, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Collapsible boxes don't get introduced until 1.17, and this is 1.15. I could try upgrading if people were really enthusiastic about collapsible boxes. I think archiving should just work, though. Let's see. --Boojum 22:49, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Okay, the archive behaves fine (and knows it's a sub-page); the automatic archive box is having issues, I think because I keep trying to steal it from a more recent version of mediawiki.  :-P

Big Picture Meaning

So, are the Keepers of the Hoard the same as the Keepers in this message? I didn't think so; the character of the Keepers in the message seems to be high falutin', and the modern Keepers less so. Plus, "Keepers of the Hoard" doesn't appear. Is it possible the the modern Keepers of the Hoard are the converted minions mentioned in the final paragraph? Would-be robbers who are now defending the Dragon unwillingly? It would nicely explain their skillsets and loyalties. Haydn 18:00, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

I am embarrassed to admit that not only was I assuming that was true, but also that it was sufficiently obvious that I didn't think to mention it. Xian 18:38, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
I would agree, it seems the most likely case. Elizabeth 19:19, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Just in case it hadn't already occurred to everyone else doing the exhausting mechanic, it now seems clear that paragraph 2 follows the forms of a magic ritual intended to do something to metal. Perhaps the ritual with the three flames of the dragon creates the keys to the vault? Elizabeth 19:19, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Alpha is not a number. --HeidiB 12:08, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Alpha is a free man! Xian 02:06, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
Actually, in ancient Greek, alpha was often used as a number. alpha = 1, beta = 2, etc. -Derrick

Li Merit was told at the puttering party that he will get an info dump when the page is completely deciphered. --Kasumi 22:58, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Suffixes

Suffixes not from French

-ship -ness -hood -ric -ly -ing -oid -oholic -orama

Suffixes with arguably Frenchy etymologies

-ery -er -ity -ous -age -itude -ure -tion (also -sion, occasionally -ion) -ance (-ence, -ancy, -ency)