[Az-Geocaching] Re: New Numbering System?

Brian Cluff listserv@azgeocaching.com
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 23:43:13 -0700


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>For your reading pleasure, I found the thread where Elias (he's a
>programmer at Groundspeak) discusses the design of the changeover:
>http://tinyurl.com/aa7o. Further down in the thread is a discussion of
>"GCGSEX". Elias says that he'll "drop the S". It isn't quite as clear to
>me on re-reading just what ID "censorship", if any, they are actually
>doing.
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Seems like he dropped a few letters that otherwise didn't need to be 
dropped to avoid some swear works.  Also seems like if you were that 
paranoid it would have been easier to just drop all the vowels all 
together and then you couldn't make ANY words.

Speaking of words, the following words will end up as caches:

Abba abbe Abby abed abet ache acme acne acre Acta Adam Aden afar agar 
aged Agee ager ajar Ajax amen Andy anew Anna Anne ante aped apex Arab 
arch area army ARPA aver away awed awry axed axer babe baby Bach back 
bade Baja bake band bane bang bank barb bard bare bark barn Barr Bart 
bath bead beak beam bean bear beat beck beef been beep beer beet bend 
bent Benz Bern Bert beta bevy brae brag bran brat bray bred brew Bryn 
Byrd byte Cady cafe cage cake came camp cane cant cape card care carp 
Carr cart cave cede cent CERN Chad chap char chat chef Chen chew crab 
crag cram crap Cray Cree crew czar Dada Dade dame damn damp Dana Dane 
dare dark darn dart data date Dave Davy dawn daze dead deaf dean dear 
debt deck deed deem deep deer defy dent deny dewy drab drag dram draw 
drew dyad dyed dyer Dyke dyne each earn Earp Eben eddy Eden edge Edna 
Egan eked Emma envy Erne etch even ever Ewen exam exec eyed eyer Ezra 
face fact fade fake fame fang fare farm fate fawn faze fear feat feed 
feet fend fern Fran fray Fred free fret Frey Frye game gang gape garb 
Gary gate gave gawk gaze gear gene gent germ gnat gnaw grab grad gram 
gray Greg grew grey Gwen Gwyn Haag hack Hahn hand hang hard hare hark 
harm harp hart hate have hawk haze hazy head heap hear heat Hebe heck 
heed hemp Hera herb herd here Herr Hyde hymn jack jade Jake Jane Java 
jazz jean jeep jeer Jeff jerk Kahn Kane Kant Karp Kate Katz keen keep 
Kemp Kent kept kern Kerr knee knew mace Mach made make mama mane Mann 
many Marc mare mark mart Marx Mary mate math Matt Mawr Maya maze mead 
mean meat meek meet mend mere meta mete Myra myth Nagy name nary Nate 
navy near neat neck need Neff Neva newt next pace pack pact page pane 
pang pant papa PARC pare park Parr part pate path pave pawn peak pear 
peat peck peek peep peer pend Penh Penn pent perk Pete pray prep prey 
pyre race rack raft rage rake ramp Rand rang rank rant rape rapt rare 
rate rave raze read ream reap rear reed reef Remy Rena rend Rene rent 
Rhea Ryan tack tact Taft take tame tang tank tape Tara tart Tate team 
tear teem teen tend tent term text than that thaw Thea them then they 
trap tray tree trek type vane vary Veda veer Vega Venn vent Vera verb 
Vern very wade waft wage wake wand wane Wang want ward ware warm warn 
warp wart wary wave waxy weak wean wear Webb weed week weep Wehr went 
wept were what when wrap wren

...and if you take into account for the "C" in "GC" you can get (the 
first one kicks butt):

cache caged cager caked candy caner canny caper Capet Cappy cared caret 
Carey carry Carty carve catch cater Cathy caved cedar ceded chafe chaff 
Chang chant charm chart cheap cheat check cheek cheer Cheng Chevy crack 
craft cramp crane crank crate crave craze crazy creak cream creed creek 
creep crepe crept Crete crypt Czech

Brian Cluff
Team Snaptek