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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts) Sun Aug 23, 2015, 12:11 PM Aug 2015

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The British Library Needs Your Help Decoding this Sword!

The River Witham sword, a medieval sword on display at the British Library has a mystery engraved on it, and no one is really sure what it means. Now, they're asking for your help to solve this 800 year-old mystery!

Kim Horcher breaks it down with special guest Meredith Placko (Host and Writer - Geek.com and Marvel Movie News)!

Read more here: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2015/08/help-us-decipher-this-inscription.html

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The British Library Needs Your Help Decoding this Sword! (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Aug 2015 OP

Acme Sword Company iwillalwayswonderwhy Aug 2015 #1

Dragons is so stupid... WhoIsNumberNone Aug 2015 #2

Big sticking stick shenmue Aug 2015 #3

So far it reads like a birth announcement snort Aug 2015 #4

It's obvious what it reads. Unknown Beatle Aug 2015 #5

iwillalwayswonderwhy

(2,602 posts)

1. Acme Sword Company

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sun Aug 23, 2015, 12:42 PM

Aug 2015

Meep meep.

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)

2. Dragons is so stupid...

Reply to iwillalwayswonderwhy (Reply #1)

Sun Aug 23, 2015, 12:56 PM

Aug 2015

I had to restrain myself from making an Elric joke.

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

3. Big sticking stick

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sun Aug 23, 2015, 01:50 PM

Aug 2015

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

snort

(2,334 posts)

4. So far it reads like a birth announcement

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sun Aug 23, 2015, 02:58 PM

Aug 2015

and I think that last word is Kenya.

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)

5. It's obvious what it reads.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Sun Aug 23, 2015, 06:26 PM

Aug 2015

"A watery tart threw this sword at me."

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