Originally posted by @vendaIt's exactly like that - the ones which appear in newspapers are true cryptograms, but the publishers may call them by different names. My favourite 3-letter combination is the one containing the two most common letters T and E. I work with ETAOIN SHRDLU in my head when I'm doing these. If a sentence begins with the pattern x? x? it will likely be IT IS or sometimes IF IT.
I see.It's a bit like the code words you see in the newspapers where each number represents a letter.For example you can look at the most frequent numbers ,where they are in the crossword and assume a frequently occuring number represents an "e" and go on from there.Also double letters are a clue e.g if there's two consecutive numbers the letter is not going to be a J or an X
P Q W X W * T X W * P R M * P X T K W N L W Y * L G * V L A W * . * M G W * L Y * G M P * P M * K W P * O M J X * Q W T X P * ' * Y * N W Y L X W * ; * P Q W * M P Q W X * L Y * P M * K W P * L P .
~ George Bernard Shaw.
This one is not too difficult: the two letters appearing most often are P and W, and the first word has both letters in it. Good luck!
Originally posted by @kewpieNear the start of the second line I'm seeing this:
P Q W X W * T X W * P R M * P X T K W N L W Y * L G * V L A W * . * M G W * L Y * G M P * P M * K W P * O M J X * Q W T X P * ' * Y * N W Y L X W * ; * P Q W * M P Q W X * L Y * P M * K W P * L P .
~ George Bernard Shaw.
This one is not too difficult: the two letters appearing most often are P and W, and the first word has both letters in it. Good luck!
* Q W T X P * ' * Y *
Is [* ' *] a misprint? Was it supposed to be [* , *]?
Originally posted by @lemon-limeOops... I just now noticed how the other punctuation marks are surrounded by **'s, so I believe it must be a comma.
Near the start of the second line I'm seeing this:
* Q W T X P * ' * Y *
Is [* ' *] a misprint? Was it supposed to be [* , *]?
Originally posted by @kewpieThere are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
P Q W X W * T X W * P R M * P X T K W N L W Y * L G * V L A W * . * M G W * L Y * G M P * P M * K W P * O M J X * Q W T X P * ' * Y * N W Y L X W * ; * P Q W * M P Q W X * L Y * P M * K W P * L P .
~ George Bernard Shaw.
This one is not too difficult: the two letters appearing most often are P and W, and the first word has both letters in it. Good luck!
Originally posted by @kewpieJustice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found against the wrong.
N C K Y L R Q * R X S K L K Y K * S X Y * L S * O Q L S F * S Q C Y U G P * O Q Y A Q Q S * U L F W Y * G S E * A U X S F , * O C Y * L S * B L S E L S F * X C Y * Y W Q * U L F W Y * G S E * C M W X P E L S F * L Y , * A W Q U Q D Q U * B X C S E * G F G L S K Y * Y W Q * A U X S F .
~ Theodore Roosevelt
Originally posted by @lemon-limeStrings that decrypt to “people” and “that” are fairly common although the latter can decrypt to “else” and other words.
Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found against the wrong.
Originally posted by @lemon-limeOpps, I goofed up the crypto of the author's name. So here is the same cryptogram with his name.
OSDG • YPQTHGW • GUGLEOPSTH • GNYGIO • WFDGOPSTH • ASOPST • ZW • APSYP • SW • QXAQEW • WZLILSWGE • ME • YPQTHG.
~ NGTBWI • GWFMC
OSDG • YPQTHGW • GUGLEOPSTH • GNYGIO • WFDGOPSTH • ASOPST • ZW • APSYP • SW • QXAQEW • WZLILSWGE • ME • YPQTHG.
~ Thomas Hardy
I've just spent an hour struggling through this one, only to be defeated by my computer and get the whole working document destroyed. Still, I can remember most of it, I hope.
DX • NHOG • IYSCNM • UG • CEHRCG; • HA • IYSCNM • UG • BE • BNDI, • B • UBAANG • B • WSERCGIA, • B • DGMHWEG.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
MY • LIFE • SHOULD • BE • UNIQUE; • IT • SHOULD • BE • AN • ALMS, • A • BATTLE • A • CONQUEST, • A • MEDICNE.
I think there's a typo in the last word, which hasn't affected things much.
I'll have a go at the other one in a couple of hours.
Originally posted by @lemon-limeTIME CHANGES EVERYTHING EXCEPT SDMETHING WITHIN US WHICH IS ALWAYS SURPRISED BY CHANGE. ~Thomas Hardy
OSDG • YPQTHGW • GUGLEOPSTH • GNYGIO • WFDGOPSTH • ASOPST • ZW • APSYP • SW • QXAQEW • WZLILSWGE • ME • YPQTHG.
~ NGTBWI • GWFMC