| Author | Message | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4858 Registered: 5-2003 |
"How could he be in Nutsi? There's no such place, is there?" | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4861 Registered: 5-2003 |
Rewritten question: He told her he was in Nutsi, though that wasn't quite what he meant. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1987 Registered: 2-2011 |
is there such a place? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4862 Registered: 5-2003 |
is there such a place? No. | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 745 Registered: 6-2009 |
He = He = He = HAM? Her = HAF? Is she his friend? Wife? Girlfriend? Family relation? Did he not want her to know where he was? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4865 Registered: 5-2003 |
He = He = He = HAM? Yes. Her = HAF? Yes. Is she his friend? Wife? Girlfriend? Family relation? Any - assume the latter. Did he not want her to know where he was? Incorrect. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2000 Registered: 2-2011 |
did he make a mistake when he told her that? did he actually believe he was in Nutsi? did he mispronounce a place? is Nutsi an acronym? | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 746 Registered: 6-2009 |
Have "Him" and "Her" ever seen eachother in real life? Is he on holiday? Or elsewhere away from his homeplace? Is Nutsi a name for a specific place? Is Nutsi a fictional place? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4867 Registered: 5-2003 |
did he make a mistake when he told her that? Yes. did he actually believe he was in Nutsi? No. did he mispronounce a place? No. is Nutsi an acronym? No, with a very small ish. Have "Him" and "Her" ever seen eachother in real life? Yes. Is he on holiday? No. Or elsewhere away from his homeplace? Yes. Is Nutsi a name for a specific place? No. Is Nutsi a fictional place? No. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15039 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he misread something? A sign? Is "Nutsi" a part of a word? Part of a place name? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4870 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did he misread something? A sign? Is "Nutsi" a part of a word? Part of a place name? No to all. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2009 Registered: 2-2011 |
should Nutsi be an acronym but he's got it slightly wrong? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4881 Registered: 5-2003 |
should Nutsi be an acronym but he's got it slightly wrong? No. | ||
| Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan)
New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 340 Registered: 7-2011 |
Is it important that he used the word "in"? Would another preposition be appropriate? Was he speaking emotionally? Did he want her to know where he was? When he said this, was he with other people? thinking about other people? wishing he was with someone else? wishing he was away from someone else? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4886 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it important that he used the word "in"? He didn't. Would another preposition be appropriate? No. Was he speaking emotionally? No. Did he want her to know where he was? Yes. When he said this, was he with other people? Yes. thinking about other people? About her. wishing he was with someone else? Her. wishing he was away from someone else? Possibly, but irr. | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 758 Registered: 6-2009 |
Is his profession relevant? War relevant? The method how he told her relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4889 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is his profession relevant? War relevant? The method how he told her relevant? Yes to all. | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 761 Registered: 6-2009 |
Is he part of the military? The US military? Is he a soldier? Is it either WW1 or WW2? And relation to the fact "nutsi" sounds similar to "Nazi"? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2025 Registered: 2-2011 |
did he tell her on the phone (voice)? in writing? text? email? was he speaking in code? or using the word Nutsi in a jokey way? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4893 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is he part of the military? The US military? This. Is he a soldier? Yes. Is it either WW1 or WW2? The latter. And relation to the fact "nutsi" sounds similar to "Nazi"? No. did he tell her on the phone (voice)? in writing? This. text? email? was he speaking in code? Yes. or using the word Nutsi in a jokey way? No. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2032 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it a code just between the two of them? is it almost an acronym? was it his intention to communicate where he was? is it one of those wartime messages like SWALK or NORWICH? | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 764 Registered: 6-2009 |
Is "Nutsi" a misspelling or misinterpretation? Morse code? Substitute code? Codenames relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4898 Registered: 5-2003 |
was it a code just between the two of them? Yes. is it almost an acronym? Not really; it might look like part of one. was it his intention to communicate where he was? Yes. is it one of those wartime messages like SWALK or NORWICH? No, it was a one-time thing. Is "Nutsi" a misspelling or misinterpretation? You could say so. Morse code? Substitute code? Neither. Codenames relevant? No. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1871 Registered: 6-2008 |
Does "Nutsi" code for a 5-letter word? Could one encode any word in an analogous way, or is there something special about the place he was? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4914 Registered: 5-2003 |
Does "Nutsi" code for a 5-letter word? No. Could one encode any word in an analogous way, Yes. or is there something special about the place he was? No. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 258 Registered: 8-2011 |
Was he in any kind of trouble? Would he have been in trouble if he revealed his location in an obvious way? Did he use the code -to make her smile? (like an inside joke) -so that his enemy wouldn't understand it, should it be intercepted? -so that he wouldn't get in trouble with his superior? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4938 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was he in any kind of trouble? Would he have been in trouble if he revealed his location in an obvious way? This. Did he use the code -to make her smile? (like an inside joke) -so that his enemy wouldn't understand it, should it be intercepted? -so that he wouldn't get in trouble with his superior? This. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 284 Registered: 8-2011 |
Was he a soldier? Did he tell her in a letter home? Is Nutsi a place? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4947 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was he a soldier? Yes. Did he tell her in a letter home? Letters, yes. Is Nutsi a place? Wrong name, but yes. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 296 Registered: 8-2011 |
Did the letters go home? Is it relevant where the letters went? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4949 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did the letters go home? Yes. Is it relevant where the letters went? Not really. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 303 Registered: 8-2011 |
Nutsi- a country? a region? a city? a type of place (such as "enemy camp" or "general store")? a geographical location (such as "island" or "mountain")? Is Nutsi underground? Is there a relevant body of water? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4950 Registered: 5-2003 |
Nutsi- a country? a region? a city? This. a type of place (such as "enemy camp" or "general store")? a geographical location (such as "island" or "mountain")? Is Nutsi underground? Is there a relevant body of water? None of the others. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 308 Registered: 8-2011 |
Would it help if we know which specific city? If so, is it in Europe? North America? Asia? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4603 Registered: 9-2010 |
Tunis? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4952 Registered: 5-2003 |
Would it help if we know which specific city? Yes. If so, is it in Europe? North America? Asia? Tunis? Yes. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4605 Registered: 9-2010 |
Tunisia, then. That's in northern Africa, which is pretty much all I know about Tunisia. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4953 Registered: 5-2003 |
Tunisia, then. That's in northern Africa, which is pretty much all I know about Tunisia. You just have to know that he was trying to say "Tunis." How and why did he say "Nutsi" instead? | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 352 Registered: 8-2011 |
Well it's an anagram of Tunis. Other than that, I'm stumped. I'll think on it a little more. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4963 Registered: 5-2003 |
Well it's an anagram of Tunis. Other than that, I'm stumped. I'll think on it a little more. So why and how did he send her an anagram instead of what he intended to send her? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2204 Registered: 2-2011 |
did he mean to send her SITUN - ie backwards? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4965 Registered: 5-2003 |
did he mean to send her SITUN - ie backwards? No. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 369 Registered: 8-2011 |
Did the reason why involve fear of punishment by his superior? If so, do we need to find out more about this situation? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4967 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did the reason why involve fear of punishment by his superior? If so, do we need to find out more about this situation? Yes to both. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 382 Registered: 8-2011 |
Is the type of punishment relevant? Any attributes of his supervisor relevant? "His" country/military unit relevant? Past events relevant? Current events yet-to-be-uncovered relevant? (By current, I mean during the time of the puzzle) Other relevant people? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4969 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is the type of punishment relevant? No. Any attributes of his supervisor relevant? No. "His" country/military unit relevant? Noish to the military unit. Past events relevant? No. Current events yet-to-be-uncovered relevant? (By current, I mean during the time of the puzzle) Yes. Other relevant people? No. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 384 Registered: 8-2011 |
"His" country relevant? Is "he" famous or well-known? Relevant current events: -worldwide events (other than the general fact that it is World War II)? -"his" situation? specific location (military base, prison, hospital, etc.)? -anything criminal? -is "he" in danger (beyond the ordinary dangers of being a soldier in the midst of a war)? Does he suspect that he will be injured or die? -anything relevant regarding the recipient of the letter? Forgive me if I am asking things that have already been answered. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4971 Registered: 5-2003 |
"His" country relevant? Mildly. Is "he" famous or well-known? No. Relevant current events: -worldwide events (other than the general fact that it is World War II)? No. -"his" situation? In general. specific location (military base, prison, hospital, etc.)? No. -anything criminal? Yope; against regulations, certainly. -is "he" in danger (beyond the ordinary dangers of being a soldier in the midst of a war)? Does he suspect that he will be injured or die? Irr. -anything relevant regarding the recipient of the letter? No. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 412 Registered: 8-2011 |
This thing that he's done that is against regulations: -writing the letter? -letting someone know where he is? -something else? -something revealed in the letter? Would this puzzle still work if he were in Paris? Japan? The US? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4973 Registered: 5-2003 |
This thing that he's done that is against regulations: -writing the letter? -letting someone know where he is? This. -something else? -something revealed in the letter? Would this puzzle still work if he were in Paris? Japan? The US? Yes to all. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 440 Registered: 8-2011 |
Could we get a recap please? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4979 Registered: 5-2003 |
A soldier, stationed in WWII Tunis, tried to tell his significant other his location in his letters home, despite regulations against disclosing one's location. Instead of "Tunis," however, his girlfriend received the message "Nutsi." How did this happen? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15589 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he try to tell her his location through some form of code/cipher/hidden message in the letter? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1895 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did he intentionally scramble the letters of the place name, in order to avoid breaking the regulation? (this is what I assumed originally...) Or did he try to send "Tunis", but the letters got rearranged after he sent them? (...but this is what the phrasing of your recap implies) If the latter, did he hide one letter in each, um, well, letter (i.e., mailed page of writing!), and the letters got to their destination in a different order than he sent them? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4982 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did he intentionally scramble the letters of the place name, in order to avoid breaking the regulation? (this is what I assumed originally...) Or did he try to send "Tunis", but the letters got rearranged after he sent them? This. (...but this is what the phrasing of your recap implies) If the latter, did he hide one letter in each, um, well, letter (i.e., mailed page of writing!), and the letters got to their destination in a different order than he sent them? Got it. There are a number of ways he could have hidden the letters, and I won't make you guess. SPOILER ******** The young soldier changed his middle initial on each successive letter to his family, starting with T and and continuing to U, N, I, and S. Unfortunately, the letters arrived in a different order than he sent them, and he had not dated the letters...! |
