Re: VMs: Spending lots of money...

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Elmar,

> > substitution ciphers replace letters with one or more (typically 
> imaginary)
> > ones. Nomenclators form a kind of hinterland between the two (ie 
> "replace a
> > word with an imaginary letter").
>
> "Hinterland"...? I sense we're getting OT here again, but wouldn't that be 
> the
> rear, the "outback" of someplace? I feel you're meaning more like "no man's
> land", right?

You're right, "hinterland" didn't quite hit the spot: "no mans land" is a 
little better, but I'm still not completely happy with it. Then again, 
"badlands" doesn't work either: and "Debatable lands" (the area between 
England and Scotland where the term "blackmail" originated, circa 
1500-1600) seems inaccurate as well (though picturesque).

FWIW, I had a cartographic "here be dragons" kind of idea in mind, but 
couldn't find a good way of saying it. :-)

Cheers, ....Nick Pelling.... 


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