# foreign words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-words/41318>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 15, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-words/41318 "2000-11-15T16:33:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![flynnstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ebca7d/32.png) [@flynnstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flynnstone)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-words/41318/1 "2000-11-15T16:33:40Z")

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I received an email from someone I don’t know. The subject said “NOAUYI”, and the only word in the email was “DIEOTUMESI”. Does anyone know what these words mean, what language they are . . . or if they’re really even words?

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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-words/41318/2 "2000-11-15T19:52:17Z")

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It’s an anagram for: You met us. Die. [signed] Ionia

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**Author:** ![flynnstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ebca7d/32.png) [@flynnstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flynnstone)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-words/41318/3 "2000-11-15T21:22:36Z")

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Thanks barbitu8. That certainly answered my question. Did you just look at the words and figure it out? Or have you seen this before? Is this something I should worry about or just something random? I would greatly appreciate any information you have.

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**Author:** ![Nukeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Nukeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nukeman)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-words/41318/4 "2000-11-15T23:05:00Z")

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Looks like chinese or japanese.

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**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-words/41318/5 "2000-11-15T23:31:16Z")

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So who is Ionia supposed to be? Is that some kind of virus?

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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-words/41318/6 "2000-11-16T00:01:24Z")

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Hey, I was just trying to be cute. I don’t have the faintest idea what it really means. Maybe some one else can come up with a better anagram.

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**Author:** ![TheThill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheThill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThill)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-words/41318/7 "2000-11-16T00:24:20Z")

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They are from the Meaningless language and mean nothing, especially if someone really meant for you to read them. Probably just an attempt to waste your time.