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Today's Cryptogram

Posted on 05/24/2024 3:15:17 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim

1.HAQ EHID BZOLHXZVZC, HAQ EHID DWRLHXZV, HAQ EHID XQOHCHXZVZC, HDQ LZOIZR-WAQW COWRNHXZV

2.FEM OWED XF OZVM XQMR HVV, FEM OWED XF GWEB XQMR, FEM OWED XF LOWED XQMR HVV,

HEB WE XQM BHOCEMAA LWEB XQMR.

- U.O.O.XFVCWME, VFXO, KFV 1 ND 267

*** IMPORTANT *** This crypto is in 2 parts. Do NOT attempt to solve 1 first. Solve 2 first, then you can use some of the letters from 2 in 1.

And the source will be of help.

(hint for 1 only, I ==> Z)

Hal's cryptogram helper


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: todayscryptogram

1 posted on 05/24/2024 3:15:17 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: 4Liberty; absalom01; alicewonders; AloneInMass; Apple Pan Dowdy; Aria; Avoiding_Sulla; babyfreep; ..
You can find this fun quotation puzzle, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers,
in several daily publications. I challenge us with the best ones out there.

The way it works is a letter stands for another letter.
For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram). Beware, the game is very addictive.
If this is your first time, don't be intimidated, you'll be solving them all within a few days.
If you're stumped, take a break and return to it.

PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and how you made out.

You can certainly send your solution to my private reply,
or if you need a hint for today's Cryptogram ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!

I suggest printing these out and work them on paper.
If you need a little help you can copy and paste it to Hal's Helper below.

You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.

Hal's cryptogram helper

One last request. Feel free to post a fun or clever clue, the more tangential to the quotation the better, but please don't put the actual words of the quote in the clue.



Hiya kids! Hiya, Hiya!

Good Morning Crypto-FReepers.

I see some of the same old faces out there.

But that's OK - I like you anyway.

Here's today's quote!

It's from VFXO!

Ha Ha Ha!

I'm expecting some really good, VFXO clues!!

I'll be good - I will, (like heck) I will!

Ha ha ha.

Where'd I put my magic twanger? Oh, here it is - - -boinng!


2 posted on 05/24/2024 3:18:27 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!)
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To: FroggyTheGremlim
Previous puzzle, Wednesday May 22, 2024

BMCB’H BMF BMQJK CZXTB ZXXAH. BMFW EFB WXT BOCRFE VQBMXTB NXRQJK WXTO DFFB. —IMTNLC ECMQOQ, “BMF JCNFHCAF.”
Solution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):

THAT’S THE THING ABOUT BOOKS. THEY LET YOU TRAVEL WITHOUT MOVING YOUR FEET. —JHUMPA LAHIRI, “THE NAMESAKE.”

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

3 posted on 05/24/2024 3:25:59 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

Author


4 posted on 05/24/2024 3:30:46 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: ComputerGuy

- U.O.O.XFVCWME


5 posted on 05/24/2024 3:34:49 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Sounds better in the original Anglo-Saxon


6 posted on 05/24/2024 3:35:25 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

7 posted on 05/24/2024 3:37:48 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

I meant that the author’s name is a gimme.


8 posted on 05/24/2024 3:41:51 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: FroggyTheGremlim
Scholars note that XFVCWME constructed this to be plausible linguistically, and to sound rough and harsh. The scholar Alexandre Nemirovski, on linguistic evidence, has proposed that XFVCWME based it on the ancient Hurrian language, which like the Black Speech was agglutinative.
9 posted on 05/24/2024 3:47:45 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Such scholarship and knowledge here on FR in breathtaking!


10 posted on 05/24/2024 3:56:02 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!)
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

Also google and wikipedia. I HATED the work cited, but I googled the Black Speech to see what language it was in. You see the results.


11 posted on 05/24/2024 4:04:48 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

I should have read the book. I also don’t speak a word of Klingon.


12 posted on 05/24/2024 4:16:55 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: ComputerGuy

Yes.


13 posted on 05/24/2024 4:36:50 AM PDT by grey_whiskers ( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

14 posted on 05/24/2024 5:33:13 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

15 posted on 05/24/2024 6:24:30 AM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

Looks just like Carville.


16 posted on 05/24/2024 6:47:02 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!)
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

Thanks.


17 posted on 05/24/2024 6:49:56 AM PDT by manna
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

maybe try attic Greek or Swahili


18 posted on 05/24/2024 11:37:33 AM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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