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Any one crack this... hint, use the subtitution cipher.

Iroho awg genoirtms tm iro iemo
ez irtg meio irwi swko no showi
jmowgtmogg. (Poiioh 'P')
'Iro Sepx Qjs' qc O.W. Leo

Code:

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There was something in the tone
Iroho awg genoirtms tm iro iemo

of this note that gave me great
ez irtg meio irwi swko no showi

uneasiness. (Letter "L")
jmowgtmogg. (Poiioh "P")

"The Gold Bug" by E.A. Poe
"Iro Sepx Qjs" qc O.W. Leo

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Wasn´t it nice? And English is not my native language!



[Edited by Juan Carlos Rey on 10-11-2000 at 10:13 PM]

Clever cloggs, how did you cipher?

It took me no more than 20 minutes.
First I replaced all "os" with "es", being the most frequent letter there.
Then suddenly a pattern became apparent: "iro" and one "iroho", so I replaced "iro" with "the" and "iroho" with "there". Then I tried "w" for "a" and it worked. Then I realised that the code was reciprocal: a-w and w-a, e-o and o-e, etc. The rest was almost trivial.
Congratulate.Me! What´s my prize?

[Edited by Juan Carlos Rey on 10-12-2000 at 09:18 PM]

Your prize, the knowledge that you did it!