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Re:A woman bought a vintage dress. It had a secret pocket wi... by Symbiote on Monday January 15, 2024 @03:24PM (#39005603)
From Unicode, it's interesting but not surprising that so many of the codes are for significant personal and business problems, like the birth of children, missed travel connections etc. "Diota" "Amputation is considered unnecessary". "Annexus" "Confined to-day, Twins, one alive, a girl, Mother not expected to live".

Towards the back of the book is shown a very early 'DNS'; abbreviated addresses for businesses. "Supplies, London" meant "Junior Army and Navy Stores Limited", a bit like a generic supplies.co.uk. "Jowoto, London" meant "Johnson, Walker & Tolhurst".

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Re:A woman bought a vintage dress. It had a secret pocket wi... by bombcar on Monday January 15, 2024 @03:46PM (#39005867)
You have to remember that telegrams were expensive, you'd not just send one for anything; it would be for major events (like a birth, or death) and so encoding the variations of that would be worth it.

In fact, it's just bitmapping.

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