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Post by heidini on Jul 3, 2019 10:12:20 GMT -5
“Many are giving serious thought to the clues in my poem, but only a few are in tight focus with a word that is key.” It is not the “key word.” It is a “word that is key.”
"a word that is key" = un(F.) nuntius(L.) th at is ke y = one a messenger (indefinite article is understood in L.) th e(B.) is ke the(W.) = mia(G.) a messenger the is theke = friend a messenger the is box = cara(G.) a messenger the is box = arca a messenger the is box = box(L.) a messenger the is box = the box is a messenger box
I see your messenger idea. I just don’t understand how you jumped to the “nuntius” word.
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Post by Bownarrow on Jul 3, 2019 10:16:28 GMT -5
"a word that is key" = un(F.) nuntius(L.) th at is ke y = one a messenger (indefinite article is understood in L.) th e(B.) is ke the(W.) = mia(G.) a messenger the is theke = friend a messenger the is box = cara(G.) a messenger the is box = arca a messenger the is box = box(L.) a messenger the is box = the box is a messenger box
I see your messenger idea. I just don’t understand how you jumped to the “nuntius” word. "Nuntius" is given as a Latin translation of "word"
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Post by heidini on Jul 3, 2019 11:08:02 GMT -5
I see your messenger idea. I just don’t understand how you jumped to the “nuntius” word. "Nuntius" is given as a Latin translation of "word" I didn’t find that. Google translate gave me “sermo.”
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Post by Bownarrow on Jul 3, 2019 11:27:33 GMT -5
"Nuntius" is given as a Latin translation of "word" I didn’t find that. Google translate gave me “sermo.” Collins Latin Dictionary & Grammer
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 3, 2019 22:14:44 GMT -5
"Word that is key" is naturally shortened to "keyword" for brevity, but we all struggle with whether that loses something in that simplification. My opinion is, perhaps strangely enough, it is a difference without a distinction. One word matters, it's extractable from the poem, yet not a poem word.
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Post by heidini on Jul 3, 2019 23:41:29 GMT -5
"Word that is key" is naturally shortened to "keyword" for brevity, but we all struggle with whether that loses something in that simplification. My opinion is, perhaps strangely enough, it is a difference without a distinction. One word matters, it's extractable from the poem, yet not a poem word. Zaphod- I know you may not like this example, but how about the word of God is key. Here’s a non secular: Or word of mouth is key in promoting blah, blah, blah.
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jul 4, 2019 0:10:59 GMT -5
Hi Heidini: religion being a contentious and personal subject, let me suggest that any "useful" keyword is more likely going to be of a geographic nature: something a searcher could marry to a map. The fewer the letters, the greater the chance for self-delusion.
A word of less than, say, 6 letters, has a greater chance of being a cherry-picked match to something a searcher has noticed in their search area.
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Post by heidini on Jul 4, 2019 3:05:06 GMT -5
Hi Heidini: religion being a contentious and personal subject, let me suggest that any "useful" keyword is more likely going to be of a geographic nature: something a searcher could marry to a map. The fewer the letters, the greater the chance for self-delusion. A word of less than, say, 6 letters, has a greater chance of being a cherry-picked match to something a searcher has noticed in their search area. I think you missed my point- maybe I just didn’t say it right. I am saying a word of something is key. Not necessarily God or word of mouth. Maybe it was something spoken in one of the stories. The God thing ruffled your feathers. What’s the word, hummingbird! 😊
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Post by astree on Jul 4, 2019 8:50:35 GMT -5
Several observations:
1) a key can be taken as something that is built around, as in a keystone 2) in referring to the blaze, i think forrest may have subtly joked about this by saying (paraphrased) that one cant start in the middle of the poem and hope to find the blaze. But thats where the blaze is mentioned in the poem. 3) the tie in here is “a word” that is under discussion. Forrest was asked if the blaze is a single object. He replied by referencing “a” single... in “ a word”, yes. So, the immediate connection to this discussion is “a word”, and puts the blaze into consideration.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2019 10:49:56 GMT -5
Several observations: 1) a key can be taken as something that is built around, as in a keystone 2) in referring to the blaze, i think forrest may have subtly joked about this by saying (paraphrased) that one cant start in the middle of the poem and hope to find the blaze. But thats where the blaze is mentioned in the poem. 3) the tie in here is “a word” that is under discussion. Forrest was asked if the blaze is a single object. He replied by referencing “a” single... in “ a word”, yes. So, the immediate connection to this discussion is “a word”, and puts the blaze into consideration. Regarding the "word that is key," I finally concluded that it was IDEA. It is derived by combining the first and last letters of the first and last lines of the poem. It has two interesting features. Firstly, it is an early clue to what I have long maintained is the key strategy for deciphering the clues: gathering first and last letters from words and combining them into something legible. Secondly, it suggests that Forrest's reference to a "tight focus" is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek given that no four letters of the poem are more spread out than these. With respect to Forrest's reply about the blaze being a single object: "in a word, yes," I think that this is a very clever version of the cryptic-style wordplay upon which many of the clues seem to be based. In "a word" we find five letters, which when rearranged, yield DRAW O. This ties in with the many references to two pi and the notion that the blaze is something circular. As I have posted in the past, I believe that the blaze is the appearance of Hanging Lake from above, which resembles a circle with a line drawn through the middle of it (a big theta).
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Post by kaotkbliss on Jul 4, 2019 10:59:40 GMT -5
I just had this thought while eating breakfast. What if a word that is key is "halt" and not for the reason most people think...
What if halt is an anacronym? Something like Begin it where warm waters H.ave A. L.ot of T.rout (Just the first anacronym that came to mind) or something along those lines?
*edit*
It would also explain why the word halt had to be used
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Post by Bownarrow on Jul 6, 2019 11:38:57 GMT -5
The line:
"The answers I already know"
anagrams to
"The keyword answers a nail"
or
"The keyword answer is a nail"
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Post by Bownarrow on Jul 7, 2019 6:52:40 GMT -5
a nail - lanai - porch, veranda
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Post by rahrah on Jul 8, 2019 17:06:46 GMT -5
a nail - lanai - porch, veranda
Don't forget a "nail" is a brad.....BRAD PITT was recently part of Fenn's postings.
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Post by Bownarrow on Jul 9, 2019 2:05:37 GMT -5
a nail - lanai - porch, veranda
Don't forget a "nail" is a brad.....BRAD PITT was recently part of Fenn's postings.
Hi rahrah,
Can you provide a link to the Brad Pitt posting?
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