MrKim: what letters in the words I wrote or in the "Laddle Rat Rotten Hut" example I linked to were left out? They are all complete and real words with no letters left out and are phonetically similar enough to the intended message that if read aloud one could get the meaning, especially the one based on a story most English speaking people are familiar enough with. Yes, it is a puzzle (and comical IMO) as intended to be and the use of real words in place of words that actually make sense in the story or phrase adds another level of difficulty because you have to think phonetically while reading otherwise nonsensical combinations of real words. Part of your trained word recognition has to be suppressed in order to get it.