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Counterfeit Monkey by Emily Short
http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=aearuuxv83plclpl
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DENTAL CONSONANTS LIMITED isn't #171

Open AdamTheLang opened 3 years ago

AdamTheLang commented 3 years ago

I adore this game. I wouldn't even be bothering to point this out in a game that wasn't as well-curried as it already is.

The plans the main character has stolen are marked "PROPERTY OF DENTAL CONSONANTS LIMITED", but they are plans for the secret of T-insertion. I've admittedly not studied this in any significant way, but I've heard of the concept (ɪnˈhɛɹətəns -> ɪnˈhɛɹətənts) and all the examples I know of of it include the alveolar /t/, not a dental /t̪/.

In a place where it's dangerous not to take things literally (literally literally!) I feel like a company that called itself 'Dental Consonants Limited' would be quite careful to limit itself to dental consonants.

angstsmurf commented 3 years ago

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emshortif commented 3 years ago

Alas...

My personal inclination is to a) acknowledge this is possibly wrong but b) mark it Won’t Fix. There’s a reference to Dental Consonants Limited in feelies that I am not going to recreate as Alveolar Consonants Limited.

However, I also won’t be scandalised if you decide to change it in the text. It’s okay if the old feelies are just out of date.

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AdamTheLang commented 3 years ago

I was thinking more something along the lines of a line in the description of the plans stating that Dental Consonants was thinking of branching out.

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 Alas...

My personal inclination is to a) acknowledge this is possibly wrong but b) mark it Won’t Fix. There’s a reference to Dental Consonants Limited in feelies that I am not going to recreate as Alveolar Consonants Limited.

However, I also won’t be scandalised if you decide to change it in the text. It’s okay if the old feelies are just out of date.

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emshortif commented 3 years ago

That would also be fine.

On 6 Oct 2020, at 08:32, AdamTheLang notifications@github.com wrote:

I was thinking more something along the lines of a line in the description of the plans stating that Dental Consonants was thinking of branching out.

On Oct 5, 2020, at 9:46 AM, emshortif notifications@github.com wrote:

 Alas...

My personal inclination is to a) acknowledge this is possibly wrong but b) mark it Won’t Fix. There’s a reference to Dental Consonants Limited in feelies that I am not going to recreate as Alveolar Consonants Limited.

However, I also won’t be scandalised if you decide to change it in the text. It’s okay if the old feelies are just out of date.

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angstsmurf commented 3 years ago

I'm sorry, I can't really come up with a good way to work this into the description of the plans. Or think of a better place to put it. I'd be happy to implement any more concrete suggestions.

EDIT: This is the current description of the plans:

The plans are rolled up and stuck shut with a label that reads "PROPERTY OF DENTAL CONSONANTS LIMITED –UNAUTHORIZED USE ILLEGAL". They're just a set of prints from the main computer design, of course, but still extremely informative: to the right engineer, they might reveal the secret of T-insertion for replication by other companies. These are what you and Brock were originally contracted to lift from the island, at a fee in the multiple millions.