May 15th, 2019: Puzzle Stone

xoxoxoBruce · 05-14-2019, 10:44 PM

Why would you beat yourself up with a NY Times Sunday Puzzle or any word games when you can collect €2,000 for solving this one?
That's $2,240 in 'Murican.

Plougastel-Daoulas, near Brest, in Brittany, France, has this stone which appears at low tide. On this stone is a drawing of a sailboat,
the dates 1786 and 1787 which are the years they were building artillery batteries to protect Brest.

There is also a bunch of letters, all of them being from the French alphabet.

“ROC AR B…DRE AR GRIO SE EVELOH AR VIRIONES BAOAVEL.”

Nobody has been able to figure out what it means since the rock was first discovered 4 or 5 years ago.
This coming fall(autumn) the town will vote on the submitted solutions and the money awarded to the winner.

Sleep on it, why don't you sleep on it, and you can give 'em your answer in the morning.

Diaphone Jim · 05-15-2019, 11:43 AM

Before I get started, I need to know what the French alphabet is.

Gravdigr · 05-15-2019, 01:09 PM

The French Alphabet

Now get after it.

Carruthers · 05-15-2019, 01:32 PM

It's probably something rude about the English.

It usually is.

Gravdigr · 05-15-2019, 01:39 PM

Could be a lost treatise on personal hygiene. That would explain some stuff.

Carruthers · 05-15-2019, 01:44 PM

Or a beginner's guide to the Gallic shrug.

Happy Monkey · 05-15-2019, 01:57 PM

On a somewhat related note, someone may have decyphered the Voynich Manuscript.

Flint · 05-15-2019, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

On a somewhat related note, someone may have decyphered the Voynich Manuscript.

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The manuscript is written in proto-Romance—ancestral to today's Romance languages including Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, Catalan and Galician. The language used was ubiquitous in the Mediterranean during the Medieval period, but it was seldom written in official or important documents because Latin was the language of royalty, church and government. As a result, proto-Romance was lost from the record, until now.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-16-2019, 01:48 PM

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So case closed, right? After all, headlines are already trumpeting that the "Voynich manuscript is solved," decoded by a "UK genius." Not so fast. There's a long, checkered history of people making similar claims. None of them have proved convincing to date, and medievalists are justly skeptical of Cheshire's conclusions as well.

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Flint · 05-16-2019, 03:34 PM

Had a good ring to it, though.

05-14-2019, 10:44 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	May 15th, 2019: Puzzle Stone Why would you beat yourself up with a NY Times Sunday Puzzle or any word games when you can collect €2,000 for solving this one? That's $2,240 in 'Murican. Plougastel-Daoulas, near Brest, in Brittany, France, has this stone which appears at low tide. On this stone is a drawing of a sailboat, the dates 1786 and 1787 which are the years they were building artillery batteries to protect Brest. There is also a bunch of letters, all of them being from the French alphabet. “ROC AR B…DRE AR GRIO SE EVELOH AR VIRIONES BAOAVEL.” Nobody has been able to figure out what it means since the rock was first discovered 4 or 5 years ago. This coming fall(autumn) the town will vote on the submitted solutions and the money awarded to the winner. Sleep on it, why don't you sleep on it, and you can give 'em your answer in the morning. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-15-2019, 01:09 PM	#3
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	The French Alphabet Now get after it. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-15-2019, 01:32 PM	#4
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	It's probably something rude about the English. It usually is. __________________

05-15-2019, 01:39 PM	#5
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Could be a lost treatise on personal hygiene. That would explain some stuff. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-15-2019, 01:44 PM	#6
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Or a beginner's guide to the Gallic shrug. __________________

05-15-2019, 11:43 AM	#2
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Before I get started, I need to know what the French alphabet is.

05-15-2019, 01:57 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	On a somewhat related note, someone may have decyphered the Voynich Manuscript. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

05-16-2019, 03:34 PM	#10
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Had a good ring to it, though. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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