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From: jimpryor@princeton.edu (James Pryor)
Subject: Re: Help on Legend
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In article <jimpryor-0404951607440001@jimpryor.remote.princeton.edu>,
jimpryor@princeton.edu (James Pryor) wrote:

>I'm stuck at about the 80% point on the new Unnkulian game "Legends." I've
>exhausted the avaliable interactive hints. Could someone give me a
>pointer?

Now I've solved part of the Unnkulian 3 sequence; I've gotten to the
riddle of extreme annoyance. I am annoyed, because I've found more than
one legitimate answer which isn't accepted, and I can't tell whether this
is due to my not formulating the answer correctly, or due to my not having
the answer.

The intro to the riddle says "Pay attention to the meaning and power of
words..." or something to that effect. I believe that the answer to the
puzzle is syntactic, not semantic, though. If I'm right, then the intro is
misleading; if it's syntactic features of "mama" etc. that provide the key
to the puzzle, then one should not "pay attention to the meaning..."

I'm talking into the dark, here, of course, since none of the (ostensibly
correct) syntax-based answers I came up with are accepted. Maybe the key
*is* to pay attention to meanings.

Anyway, what I now need help on is Squirt and Plast/Acme HQ (still), and
this annoying riddle. I'd be happy to have the answer to the riddle, but
hints only for the rest, please.

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Jim Pryor / jimpryor@phoenix.princeton.edu
Dept. of Philosophy, Princeton University
