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Code used by founding father is finally cracked
The Associated Press
Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 | 12:26 p.m.
The margins of an obscure book at a Brown University library are filled with clusters of curious foreign characters: a mysterious shorthand used by 17th century religious dissident Roger Williams.
For centuries the scribbles went undeciphered. But a team of students there has finally cracked the code.
Historians call the now-readable writings the most significant addition to Williams scholarship in a generation or more.
Williams is Rhode Island's founder and best known as the first figure to argue for the principle of the separation of church and state that would later be enshrined in the Bill of Rights.
Senior math major Lucas Mason-Brown cracked much of the shorthand, which consists of 28 symbols that stand for a combination of English letters or sounds.
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Well ... what did it say?
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Well ... what did it say?
Then it wouldn't be a secret ;D
Peace!
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"Al Fansome, check your tire pressure."
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Ok, who let this guy back in here? I thought I had banned him...
"Al Fansome, check your tire pressure."
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Ok, who let this guy back in here? I thought I had banned him...
"Al Fansome, check your tire pressure."
it's so nice to see you boys playing together again ;) ;)
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You can't ban me Fansome, I'm a Radio God.