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By George, he's got it! But I did make a clerical error, as I feared - the title of my post should have been "rtte ugd Qmp, not amp (since Q is the code for A), to keep the same substitutions Jackie used. Goofed again (code available upon request, if for some strange reason it's wanted)
Last edited by wofahulicodoc; 05/01/09 01:09 AM.
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Yay! I first used just the first four letters of your name; but then I realized that there were so few repeat letters you might give up due it being too much bother; though I did think using the whole name would prolly make it too easy. No, I didn't need to ask! You're the first person I've ever made up a cryptogram for--it was harder that I thought it was going to be, for the reason you cited. It took me till the fourth proofreading to realize I'd left a letter out of your name! Olly, I read yours as "i zjigt owz iz"...? I saved the substitution I made up. It's ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ QOFETWHZCBPKJVGYALMXDRISUN
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I found wofas code easier to crack as there were more double ups and single/Two letter words, I made some assumptions to fill out some words and then I worked out the offset. I love a good puzzle.
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I'm impressed how anyone could crack that code. Never in my life would I have been able to patiently sort this one out. On my word of dbnl-x#. So cheers Jackie and Olly. You are geniusses in the first degree. ( to me anyway ) How many codes have you Wofa? This one won't be much help any more at needs of topsecrecy.
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That wasn't my code, that was Jackie's code, which I used to answer her coded message. Actulally I tried to make it easier to solve by using "giveaway" words in my message, like I've, I and a, all and see, and such like. And Jackie's name in the reply.
Making up a substitution code is easy: just write down the alphabet, as Jackie did, and write any rearrangement of the letters underneath it, random or selected (the code alphabet might be, for example,
plain: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z code: J A C K I E B D F G H Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L
The problem in making your coded message, I've found, is keeping straight which set is the code letter and which is the plaintext letter when you finally write your message!
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