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Too Much Candor
Cryptography
In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.Cryptography
This puzzle is a limerick. Can you decode it?
J=Q
KFOAO ETB T QDVMC PTLQ DR UOMK,
EFD TPETQB BTXL IVBK EFTK BFO GOTMK;
SODSPO BTXL, "BFO'B T LOTA-
BD VMXJVO- BD BXMZOAO-"
WVK KFOQ BFVMMOL FOA WQ ZDGGDM ZDMBOMK.
J=Q
KFOAO ETB T QDVMC PTLQ DR UOMK,
EFD TPETQB BTXL IVBK EFTK BFO GOTMK;
SODSPO BTXL, "BFO'B T LOTA-
BD VMXJVO- BD BXMZOAO-"
WVK KFOQ BFVMMOL FOA WQ ZDGGDM ZDMBOMK.
Hint
C=GI=J
T=A
Answer
There was a young lady of Kent,Who always said just what she meant;
People said, "she's a dear-
So unique- so sincere-"
But they shunned her by common consent.
Key:
A=R
B=S
C=G
D=O
E=W
F=H
G=M
I=J
J=Q
K=T
L=D
M=N
O=E
P=L
Q=Y
R=F
S=P
T=A
U=K
V=U
W=B
X=I
Y=Z
Z=C
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