I think people would have figured out this cipher, but the execution is so smoothly done as to become almost unnoticed. To confuse us more, try a "rot13" version. It's obvious enough, maybe, to fish us readers along and complex enough to challenge us.
(And, besides, rot13 is also a crude code cipher. This message translated by rot13.com: "V guvax crbcyr jbhyq unir svtherq bhg guvf pvcure, ohg gur rkrphgvba vf fb fzbbguyl qbar nf gb orpbzr nyzbfg haabgvprq. Gb pbashfr hf zber, gel n "ebg13" irefvba. Vg'f boivbhf rabhtu, znlor, gb svfu hf ernqref nybat naq pbzcyrk rabhtu gb punyyratr hf.")
Thanks, Mark.It's nice to know you think it was done smoothly: I try to make these experiments unclunky!
Thanks for the code idea. I'm intending to Write a coded version, and hadn't heard of rot13. I will look into it. I did write a coded version (not here) but am hoping to do so in a way that doesn't look like a code! Cheers
Haha, I'm glad you told us up-front because I was saying to myself, Ok fine for now, but what's he going to do when he comes to Q and X and Z for goodness sake! And, the original story is still recognizable. Well done, Terry!
This is so clever, Terry. I probably never would have noticed it was alphabetical if you hadn't told us. You even got J and Q and X, Y ,Z! It must have been fun - a sort of brain teaser. Thanks!
Thanks, Sharron. Funny you should say that because originally I'd intended to not say what I'd done, to let people figure it out! It was fun in a brainteasing kind of way!
This is amazing Terry! I loved the A-Z version. Outstanding and thank you for sharing with me.
Thanks, Julie. I like words like "amazing" and "outstanding" 😂
Fantastic! Write on! :)
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You have some mad writing skills Terry! (In Canada mad means very, very good just in case it's different on that side of the pond).
Thanks Donna 😀
I think people would have figured out this cipher, but the execution is so smoothly done as to become almost unnoticed. To confuse us more, try a "rot13" version. It's obvious enough, maybe, to fish us readers along and complex enough to challenge us.
(And, besides, rot13 is also a crude code cipher. This message translated by rot13.com: "V guvax crbcyr jbhyq unir svtherq bhg guvf pvcure, ohg gur rkrphgvba vf fb fzbbguyl qbar nf gb orpbzr nyzbfg haabgvprq. Gb pbashfr hf zber, gel n "ebg13" irefvba. Vg'f boivbhf rabhtu, znlor, gb svfu hf ernqref nybat naq pbzcyrk rabhtu gb punyyratr hf.")
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Thanks, Mark.It's nice to know you think it was done smoothly: I try to make these experiments unclunky!
Thanks for the code idea. I'm intending to Write a coded version, and hadn't heard of rot13. I will look into it. I did write a coded version (not here) but am hoping to do so in a way that doesn't look like a code! Cheers
Terry, this piece flows absolutely beautifully, which is remarkable given the very tough constraint you placed on yourself. Bravo!
'Question' followed by 'Reason' was brilliant - the adjacency (not a word, surely?!) of those two letters was a gift!
AWESOME post.
Hehehe, very very clever and perfectly executed.
I love that X, perhaps the trickiest of letters, was able to be perfectly utilised in the hospital setting.
This could be my new favourite!
😂 Thanks, Nathan! I have to admit, I was anxious about X at first, but then the solution seemed obvious thanks to the hospital scenario 😃
Haha, I'm glad you told us up-front because I was saying to myself, Ok fine for now, but what's he going to do when he comes to Q and X and Z for goodness sake! And, the original story is still recognizable. Well done, Terry!
Thanks, Jim. There was a dicey moment or two 😂.
This is so clever, Terry. I probably never would have noticed it was alphabetical if you hadn't told us. You even got J and Q and X, Y ,Z! It must have been fun - a sort of brain teaser. Thanks!
Thanks, Sharron. Funny you should say that because originally I'd intended to not say what I'd done, to let people figure it out! It was fun in a brainteasing kind of way!