Atuin Banner

Interesting Observations

Moderators: Toothy, Tonyblack, Jason

Post a reply

Interesting Observations

Postby Malcfw » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:31 pm

The word: WIZARD is interesting; as follows:
Using the standard English alphabet

W 4 from the end
I 9 from the start
Z 1 from the end
A 1 from the start
R 9 from the end
D 4 from the start

Also, each alphabet position used is a square!
Interesting? Any other magical properties?
I spotted this in 1991 while travelling on a bus and having finished a Terry Pratchett novel, having nothing else to do.
Malcfw
New member
 
Posts: 1
Joined: Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:50 pm
Top

Postby Bouncy Castle » Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:43 pm

That must have been some dull bus journey!!

Welcome to the forum, Malc. I hope you'll have many happy years of posting.

Oh and by the way, I haven't a clue what you're on about! Explain? Pretty please?
Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.

The rest of us are a bit crap.
User avatar
Bouncy Castle
Member
 
Posts: 9826
Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:08 pm
Location: London
Top

Postby ShadowNinjaCat » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:55 pm

Welcome Malcfw :D
and I also don't understand... :oops:
“We are all in the gutter,but some of us are looking at the stars.”- Oscar Wilde
User avatar
ShadowNinjaCat
Member
 
Posts: 3580
Joined: Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:01 pm
Location: South Africa
Top

Postby Jan Van Quirm » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:56 pm

Welcome Malcfw :D

The symmetry of the characters in the word on their hierarchical position in the roman alphabet :wink:

4 - 9 - 1 - 1 - 9 - 4...?

Easier to see that way? Also alternating from the end or the start of the alphabet.

I think it might well not be a coincidence in the same way that abracadabra is supposed to be mathematically magical
Magic always happens for a reason, wherever and however it is created. Inside the fantasy, or springing from it…
Dreamless Roads by Jan Hawke on the DreamWorlds forum
User avatar
Jan Van Quirm
Member
 
Posts: 9847
Joined: Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:07 pm
Location: Dunheved, Kernow
Top

Postby Penfold » Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:15 pm

Hellooo and welcome Malc! :D
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
User avatar
Penfold
Member
 
Posts: 5782
Joined: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:59 am
Location: Worthing
Top

Postby michelanCello » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:01 pm

Welcome from me too, Malcfw! :D

In the hungarian language, you have this sort of sentences which is the same if you read it from the back... but they don't work if I translate them :wink:
Million to one chances crop up nine times out of ten...
User avatar
michelanCello
Member
 
Posts: 7449
Joined: Thu Mar 18, 2010 6:08 pm
Location: Budapest, Hungary (and yes, I'm sure it's Budapest, not Bucharest)
Top

Hi

Postby An Auditor » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:08 pm

Welcome from me too Malcfw.

Here goes. .. . . . ..

WIZARD = 491194 eh?!

Now that's Magic :) :D :lol: :lol: :lol:


<i'll get mi coat>

Adge :roll:
Last edited by An Auditor on Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.
“Havelock Vetinari, I am sorry to tell you that the accreditation has been withdrawn due to a few non conformances”
User avatar
An Auditor
Member
 
Posts: 98
Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2010 10:39 am
Location: England
Top

Postby Tonyblack » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:08 pm

Welcome from me too. :D

But do you know the answer to the crossword question in Making Money? :P

"1 down: Shaken players shift the load (9 letters)



Spoiler wrote:Answer = Carthorse
Wyrd bið ful āræd.
"Coffee. The finest organic suspension ever devised. I beat the Borg with it."
- Capt. Kathryn Janeway
User avatar
Tonyblack
Moderator
 
Posts: 25931
Joined: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:29 pm
Location: Cardiff, Wales
Top

Postby mspanners » Thu Nov 11, 2010 8:41 am

WIZARD = 491194

4+9+1+1+9+4 = 28

Now 2+8= AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG I just said 8........and I said 8 again......... Shi.....................

AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG........................ :shock:
User avatar
mspanners
Member
 
Posts: 943
Joined: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:46 pm
Location: Bridgwater Somerset
Top

Postby Jan Van Quirm » Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:14 pm

:lol:
Magic always happens for a reason, wherever and however it is created. Inside the fantasy, or springing from it…
Dreamless Roads by Jan Hawke on the DreamWorlds forum
User avatar
Jan Van Quirm
Member
 
Posts: 9847
Joined: Fri Nov 07, 2008 9:07 pm
Location: Dunheved, Kernow
Top

Postby Bouncy Castle » Thu Nov 11, 2010 12:58 pm

:?:
Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.

The rest of us are a bit crap.
User avatar
Bouncy Castle
Member
 
Posts: 9826
Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:08 pm
Location: London
Top

Postby Bouncy Castle » Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:19 pm

:?:
Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.

The rest of us are a bit crap.
User avatar
Bouncy Castle
Member
 
Posts: 9826
Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:08 pm
Location: London
Top

Postby deldaisy » Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:26 pm

Tonyblack wrote:Welcome from me too. :D

But do you know the answer to the crossword question in Making Money? :P

"1 down: Shaken players shift the load (9 letters)



Spoiler wrote:Answer = Carthorse

I am rubbish at cryptic crosswords... and I only like puzzles where I can turn the page and see the answers. TELL ME THE ANSWER! NOW!

And welcome Malcfw. My oldest sends me strange mathmatical messages like that from trains. "Do you realise that in six years time when I am the age you were when you had me, Morgan will be the age I was when Hayden was born, and if you add our ages up and divide it by sum of the numbers of the year you were born it equals the age dad was when I was born.." or something like that :shock:
User avatar
deldaisy
Member
 
Posts: 8032
Joined: Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:04 pm
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Top

Postby deldaisy » Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:29 pm

Tony?...................................................................
Well?
User avatar
deldaisy
Member
 
Posts: 8032
Joined: Fri Oct 01, 2010 4:04 pm
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Top

Postby Tonyblack » Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:36 pm

deldaisy wrote:Tony?...................................................................
Well?
:lol: Click three times in the spoiler box. :P
Wyrd bið ful āræd.
"Coffee. The finest organic suspension ever devised. I beat the Borg with it."
- Capt. Kathryn Janeway
User avatar
Tonyblack
Moderator
 
Posts: 25931
Joined: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:29 pm
Location: Cardiff, Wales
Top
Next
Post a reply

Return to Terry Pratchett

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group