Showing posts with label Geocaching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geocaching. Show all posts

Thursday, May 24, 2012

A Script for Fun

Can you identify and translate the following -


I have mentioned Geocaching a couple of times recently and some of my favorite Geocaches are puzzles (including the above).

If you know what the script is or want to guess, please share in comments.

I was able to solve the puzzle and here is my response to the puzzle creator -


P.S. If you are a Geocacher who lives in or will be visiting Michigan, I have created a linguistics Geocache puzzle that you might want to check out here.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

A Cache of Languages

Little did I know my new hobby has some relevance to linguistics...

I recently decided to try Geocaching because of my love for the outdoors and hiking. Right away I was introduced to the language of Geocaching through its Glossary of Terms (many initialisms).

It wasn't until I found this adorable fellow that I discovered there is more to Geocaching than meets the language-loving tongue.


Here are his tags -

In English:


In French:


And in German (his first language):

P.S. I will not mention the prescriptivist issue with Volker's tag.

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