She gave up on the literal, and instead read it as a visual riddle: Draw the hyphens as lines:
Here’s an interesting piece built from your pattern . I’ll treat it like a cryptic clue, a puzzle, and a mini riddle all at once. Piece: “The Lexicon Key”
String: - a m a 1 0 - 7 - - 4 - Positions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
So W G D — “WGD” — could be an abbreviation for “Wing” (aviation).
And below it: -10- -7- -4- which she now knew meant: 10th letter J, 7th G, 4th D — — “Jagd” (German for hunt).
The message was etched into the old typewriter’s platen: -ama10- 7- -4-
- a m a 1 0 - 7 - - 4 -
Finally she tried: hyphens = word boundaries. ama10 = am a 10 = “I am a ten” (Roman: X) 7- = seven dash = seven minus dash = seven minus one (dash as 1) = 6 → F -4- = dash four dash = four surrounded by ones = 1-4-1 → in alphabet: A D A
She gave up on the literal, and instead read it as a visual riddle: Draw the hyphens as lines:
Here’s an interesting piece built from your pattern . I’ll treat it like a cryptic clue, a puzzle, and a mini riddle all at once. Piece: “The Lexicon Key”
String: - a m a 1 0 - 7 - - 4 - Positions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 -ama10- 7- -4-
So W G D — “WGD” — could be an abbreviation for “Wing” (aviation).
And below it: -10- -7- -4- which she now knew meant: 10th letter J, 7th G, 4th D — — “Jagd” (German for hunt). She gave up on the literal, and instead
The message was etched into the old typewriter’s platen: -ama10- 7- -4-
- a m a 1 0 - 7 - - 4 -
Finally she tried: hyphens = word boundaries. ama10 = am a 10 = “I am a ten” (Roman: X) 7- = seven dash = seven minus dash = seven minus one (dash as 1) = 6 → F -4- = dash four dash = four surrounded by ones = 1-4-1 → in alphabet: A D A