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   Lori Emerson (loriemerson@post.lurk.org)'s status on Saturday, 28-Oct-2023 03:28:13 JST Lori Emerson

   it's 1894. if you want to let someone know they are annoying because they failed to read your telegram closely enough, send the code "Butment." meaning: "You do not answer my message understandingly. Please read and translate it carefully and then reply." #othernetworks

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     Fish Id Wardrobe (fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Saturday, 28-Oct-2023 03:28:05 JST Fish Id Wardrobe

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     • Nathan Schneider

     @loriemerson @ntnsndr Valid. All words are made up.

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     Lori Emerson (loriemerson@post.lurk.org)'s status on Saturday, 28-Oct-2023 03:28:06 JST Lori Emerson

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     • Nathan Schneider

     @fishidwardrobe @ntnsndr yes, true. I was reading your post with my background in avant garde poetry where a made up word is still a word

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     Fish Id Wardrobe (fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Saturday, 28-Oct-2023 03:28:07 JST Fish Id Wardrobe

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     • Nathan Schneider

     @loriemerson @ntnsndr Well, yes, but presumably they *could* have used a made up word in the codex.

     Adams seems rather more advanced than other codes I've seen, with extra words for you to add your own meaning to, and codes for inserting cyphers? ("burrowing" etc.)

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     Lori Emerson (loriemerson@post.lurk.org)'s status on Saturday, 28-Oct-2023 03:28:09 JST Lori Emerson

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     • Nathan Schneider

     @fishidwardrobe @ntnsndr it is - it appears in this Cable Code index from 1894 https://archive.org/details/adamscablecodex00cogoog/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater

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     Fish Id Wardrobe (fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Saturday, 28-Oct-2023 03:28:11 JST Fish Id Wardrobe

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     • Nathan Schneider

     @ntnsndr @loriemerson
     Well, it *is* a word: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/butment

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 28-Oct-2023 03:28:12 JST Nathan Schneider

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     @loriemerson Have you been able to find the etymology of that?