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[gsc1ugs]

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

[Juan Carlos Rey]

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

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



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

[gsc1ugs]

Clever cloggs, how did you cipher?

[Juan Carlos Rey]

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]

[gsc1ugs]

Your prize, the knowledge that you did it!