What could WYLBNIMGTHAD possibly mean?
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From: David Eather on 27 Jul 2010 16:58 On 28/07/2010 5:41 AM, Fiziwig wrote: > On Jul 27, 7:07 am, rossum<rossu...(a)coldmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:47:36 -0500, gordonb.yz...(a)burditt.org (Gordon >> >> >> >> Burditt) wrote: >>>> My penpal from Mexico (who is studying cryptology) sent me this... >>>> mysterious message... does anyone have any clue as to what that could >>>> possibly mean? I tried rot n for n = 1 to 25, but I couldn't get >>>> anything out. >> >>>> Any kind of input would be greatly appreciated! :D >> >>> Ciphertext: WYLBNIMGTHAD >>> Plaintext: OWA TUNAS SIAM >> >>> This decrypts to a short prayer I learned about in Boy Scouts. The >>> natives of Siam were having a bad drought, crops were dying, and >>> they needed rain badly. So they prayed: >> >>> OWA (the name of their God) >>> TUNAS (the word for rain) >>> SIAM (where they wanted the rain) >> >>> There were some complicated hand and body motions to go with this. >> >>> You were to keep repeating this, faster and faster, until enlightenment >>> comes to you. Note that the solution has nothing whatsoever to do >>> with oil leaks and BP. >> >> My father learned something similar in the RAF during the war. >> However the version he learned was OH WATANA SIAM, a hymn of praise to >> the wonders of the kingdom of Thailand. >> >> rossum > > The old TV series Odd Couple used the PG-rated version OWA TAGU SIAM. > > --gary So did an episode of Mork and Mindy
From: Patrick FitzGerald on 27 Jul 2010 17:26 On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:10:21 -0700 (PDT), Ki Song <keylimepie82(a)gmail.com> wrote: >My penpal from Mexico (who is studying cryptology) sent me this... >mysterious message... does anyone have any clue as to what that could >possibly mean? I tried rot n for n = 1 to 25, but I couldn't get >anything out. > >Any kind of input would be greatly appreciated! :D What You Learn By Numerically Integrating Mathematical Groups That Are Differentiable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Patrick
From: Ken Pledger on 27 Jul 2010 17:41 In article <3c5a01db-b543-4b8d-a107-4eb6a8dfc071(a)z25g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>, Ki Song <keylimepie82(a)gmail.com> wrote: > My penpal from Mexico (who is studying cryptology) sent me this... > mysterious message... does anyone have any clue as to what that could > possibly mean? I tried rot n for n = 1 to 25, but I couldn't get > anything out. > > Any kind of input would be greatly appreciated! :D It looks like an internet acronym, but more obscure than IMHO, IIRC, LOL, etc. It's not included in the list at <http://sh1.webring.com/people/be/ed88/abbreviations.html> but two long entries in that list begin "WYL..." meaning "Would you like...". Can you guess what your friend might think you would like? HTH Ken Pledger.
From: Nestor on 31 Jul 2010 16:46 Ki Song wrote: > My penpal from Mexico (who is studying cryptology) sent me this... > mysterious message... does anyone have any clue as to what that could > possibly mean? I tried rot n for n = 1 to 25, but I couldn't get > anything out. > > Any kind of input would be greatly appreciated! :D That is strange. There are no repeated letters. That rules out simple substitution. I suspect it makes acronyms unlikely because it would be hard to get 16 words that make sense with all initial letters different. It also means it can't be a transposition. Maybe your penpal will send you more messages?
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