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Birthday happy to you Loic! ;D
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Birthday happy to you Loic! ;D
Went to a casting today. I thought they were gong to at least ask some question. No. Turn on the camera :"Start". Dammit.
Oh well, next time I will be more prepared.
Birthday happy to you Loic! ;D
Thank you ;D
I while ago I made up a system for writing called Rimtext which I made to be superior to the alphabet. Typically, I often prefer to write in this since it is easier for me.
Spider was interested in trying to decode a sample in it, so I wrote up a note in Rimtext for him to try to read.
I thought I'd post it here is anyone else would like to try and solve this puzzle. I think that especially Minifig051 may be interested in this.
It should prove difficult since it works differently from a typical cipher.
Last edited by Squid (November 18, 2012 (04:32pm))
Do I notice a bit of pigpen ciphering in there?
Pigpen? What's that?
Solution (so don't read this if you want to solve the thing for yourself):
Dear reader,
Congratulations! If you are reading this, then you have probably successfully translated my Rimtext code. As you may have undoubtedly noticed, Rimtext works differently from the typical cypher or code. Unlike the alphabet with its three redundant letters, Rimtext has thirty for (Squash note: I'm assuming this is for and not four, since I only count thirty) characters, all of which stand for different sounds made in speech. A character is only used when its corresponding sound is present, thereby making spelling very easy.
Sincerely, Harrison Allen (also known as "Squid")
I am ready for my prize.
I while ago I made up a system for writing called Rimtext which I made to be superior to the alphabet. Typically, I often prefer to write in this since it is easier for me.
Spider was interested in trying to decode a sample in it, so I wrote up a note in Rimtext for him to try to read.
I thought I'd post it here is anyone else would like to try and solve this puzzle. I think that especially Minifig051 may be interested in this.
It should prove difficult since it works differently from a typical cipher.
I accidentally left out some characters, or put the wrong ones in a few spot, but I've fixed it now. Sorry, bout that.
Fixed picture:
I am ready for my prize.
Wow, Squash, you solved it! Even with my messed up writing! I'm amazed! 
I'm sorry, I don't have anything for you, but, wow, that's some good puzzling!
I accidentally left one character out, and the others are merely sounds which are not present in this note. Such as the sound made in "vision" "genre" and other words, as well as the vowel sound found in words like "good" and "hoof".
(As opposed to the other double O sound found in "you", and "boo")
Ai kaind uhv cheeted uh biht ehnd yoozd Skwohhsh'z suhloohshihn tooh faind ahwt wuht sahwndz thay stuhhd fohwr.
^That's what something in Rimtext would look like literally translated.
Neat idea; it kinda looks like an alien language.
Why are there two characters for the "th" sound?
I didn't get any symbols for J, K, Q, and X. You said there were only three "redundant characters", so one of those four must have a symbol in Rimtext that isn't in your message.
Squash, there are thirty-four. Thirty-three in the message, and a missing one. (There's one for "gr" that looks very similar to the one for "g".)
EDIT: That's the exact same picture, Squid.
Last edited by minifig051 (January 8, 2013 (06:53pm))
Why are there two characters for the "th" sound?
Say "Then" and say "Thin"
Notice the difference?
I didn't before developing this. English is really silly at times. Especially how father is spelled with an A, but it has an O sound. He he
The three redundant characters to which I refer in English are Q, X, and C.
I used a J sound in congratulations.
That's the exact same picture, Squid.
I edited the post to have the new picture
Any more kweschinz?
Squash, there are thirty-four. Thirty-three in the message, and a missing one. (There's one for "gr" that looks very similar to the one for "g".)
Ah. Evidently I'm better at solving than I am at counting, hehe.
He he xD
Neat idea; it kinda looks like an alien language.
I meant it to be for a story idea, which is about a magical realm at the edge of everything called Rim, where gravity is stronger, so a planet with gravity like Earth would only be about 45 miles in circumference. The realm is populated by humans, horned elves, Wolf men, and slendermen. The later of which usually work as agents for the tyrannical wizard government that rules Rim.
The main character is a good wizard from Earth named Raif, and his odd slenderman assistant Vorkenhiim who are trying to overthrow the evil wizards.
Kinda a Sci-fi Fairytale.
The symbol for the R sound, the Royshk, is also the name for their rebellion since Royshk starts so many rebel words, like rebel, resist, retaliate, and refuse.
Okay, I've got most of the symbols figured out.
There's a symbol for each of these sounds: AH, AY, AHY, B, D, EH, EE, F, G, H, IH, J, K, L, M, N, O, OH, OOH, OHH, P, R, S, SH, T, TH, U, UH, V, W, Y, Z, ZH, ZTH.
(The symbols not included in the message are for UH and ZH.)
If you translate each symbol and write it out, you get a highly phonetic literal translation. Saying it out loud will help recognize the words.
I like phonetic stuff, and this is a big help with "funetik aksent" writing.
Do you have any symbols in Rimtext for numbers?
Do you have any symbols in Rimtext for numbers?
No I don't. In Rim they just use ours.
Though, I do think that the world should use a base 8 or base 16 number system with different symbols and words (we currently use base 10). With a base 8 or 16 number system, it would be much easier to do math.
The downside though is that transitioning would be horribly difficult, and everyone would hate it.
I also think that a system like Rimtext should be used. It really would save a whole lot of time in education without everyone trying to remember how all of the different silly words are spelled. People could be spending all of that time learning more important stuff at an earlier age.
Hey, I left out a symbol. I missed CH, which is only seen once in the message.
But wait, that changes the number of characters in Rimtext. That makes it thirty-five. Thirty-three in the message, and two missing ones (UH and ZH).
I would like to know what the symbols for UH and ZH are, by the way (so I can complete my Rimtext key).
Something else Rimtext is useful for: lip-sync.
There is a corresponding mouth shape to each sound that is made. Rimtext has every sound we can make; so if we know what shape the mouth is in at every sound, all we have to do to lip-sync is put the shapes in order and animate through them! This wouldn't work for the normal alphabet because some letters have more than one sound depending on the context (like them vowels, eesh). But in Rimtext, each symbol has only one sound, so it would make that method work!
Nope, it is still thirty four.
You accidentally counted three A sounds.
The only A sounds are the ones in may, and ma.
Oh wait, I thought the small U-looking symbol was an O sound, but it's just a size-discrepit U-looking symbol.
The AHY is actually AI, a Y sound (as in "my").
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