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Look closely to get the right speaker for this one:
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Let's start with A
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---- a --- -- -------a---, ---- a- -- ---- ---- --- --------
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Now some invigourating morning T would be welcome!
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A T
T-time! As long as it's not mourning tea...
---- a --t -- ---t---a---, ---t at -- ---t t--- --- -------- |
"r"s?
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A R T
---- a --t -- ---t-r-a---, ---t at -- ---t t--- --r --------
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"o"s?
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---- a -ot o- ---t-r-a---, ---t at -- ---t t--- -or --------
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a lot of what? :rolleyes:
N please |
+ N
---- a -ot o- ---t-r-an--, ---t at -- ---t t--- -or ------n-
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How about S ?
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+ S
Good choice!
S--- a -ot o- --st-r-an--, --st at -- --st t--- -or s-----n- |
"g's?
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G - but we has only one
S--- a -ot o- --st-r-an--, --st at -- --st t--- -or s-----ng
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It looks like:
"Such a lot of disturbance, just at my best time for sleeping." (I had figured that out already yesterday) but I don't know who said it... I thought it might be Psamathos, but I couldn't find the quote (yet) |
You have the quote right, the actual speaker as well. Finding it is rather tricky, I know; it's a quote within a quote. Do you want to find the exact source, or is having found the correct answer enough for you?
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Now you've confirmed that the speaker is Psamathos, I could find the actual quote:
It's the Man in the Moon quoting from a letter from Psamathos. He complains that Artaxerxes had dug him out of the sand in the middle of the afternoon: "Such a lot of disturbance, just at my best time for sleeping, and all about a wretched little dog." Here comes the next challenge: "---/ ---/ --/ -/ ------/!" (.....) "---/, ---/, -----/ --/ -/ -----/ --/ ---/ -----/: -/ -----/ ----/ -------/ --/ --/, -------/ --/, ----/ --/ ---------/ -'--/ ---------/." |
N, please
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"---/ ----/ --/ -/ ------/!" (.....) "-n-/, ---/, -----/ --/ -/ ---n-/ -n/ ---/ -----/: -/ ---n-/ ----/ ----n--/ --/ --/, ----n--/ --/, ----/ --/ -------n-/ -'--/ --------n/."
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A good start, but too little evidence so far; to quote the parson, "A little closer inspection will be required."
S please |
"---/ ----/ -s/ -/ ------/!" (.....) "-n-/, ---/, -----/ -s/ -/ s--n-/ -n/ ---/ ----s/: -/ s--n-/ ----/ ----n-s/ --/ --/, ----n-s/ --/, ----/ --/ s------n-/ -'--/ --------n/."
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I think it's T-time again...
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"T--/ ----/ -s/ -/ ------/!" (.....) "-n-/, ---/, t----/ -s/ -/ s--nt/ -n/ t--/ ----s/: -/ s--nt/ t--t/ ----n-s/ --/ --/, ----n-s/ --/, ----/ --/ s---t--n-/ -'--/ -----tt-n/."
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P, please
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No P, sorry ! (but I can guess where you wanted to put it! ;) )
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Let's try a vowel then - A, please
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voilą !
"T--/ ----/ -s/ a/ -a----/!" (.....) "An-/, -a-/, t----/ -s/ a/ s--nt/ -n/ t--/ ----s/: a/ s--nt/ t-at/ ----n-s/ --/ --/, ----n-s/ --/, ----/ --/ s---t--n-/ -'--/ -----tt-n/."
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I've found it! That telltale word included neither a P nor an A, so by elimination, I found that it had to be "scent"! And that is a rare word in the minor works.
Quote:
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I knew you'd get it now! :)
(I picked this quote because of the flower-scents of spring right now.) |
Not quite so pleasantly scentful:
Quote:
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"r"s?
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S"R"y, there R'nt any Rs...
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I'd like to buy an 'e'.
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Eeek!
'-- ---,' (.... .....,) '---- ---e - ----e. --- ---- -e ---e- ---- --e -- - ---e?'
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How about A's ?
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A E - all vowels?
'-- -a-,' (.... .....,) '---- ---e - ----e. --- --a- -e ---e- --a- --e -- a ---e?'
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"o"h,s, why not?
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A E O
'-- -a-,' (.... .....,) '---- -o-e - --o-e. --- --a- -e -o-e- --a- --e -- a -o-e?'
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S please
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