Cryptogram, part deux

[chuckro]

This one should be a little tricker.

The clue: Every vowel maps to a consonant, and that rule works both ways.

"Pu pw wkpq utku ftzwzjnjc utj xzqw fpwt uz qjwuczo, utjo apcwu hkyj hkq. Ps akru, ftzwzjnjc utj xzqw fpwt uz qjwuczo, utjo apcwu tksq utj jmdpnkbjsu za k wupry fput k apvvpsx adwj ksq 'Krhj Qoskhpuj Rzhgkso' fcpuujs zs utj wpqj. Pu'w hzcj psujcjwupsx, ksq qzjws'u ukyj wz bzsx." --Ujcco Gckurtjuu

Comments

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

It's trickier, but the apostrophes give it away:

"It is said that whosoever the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. In fact, whosoever the gods wish to destroy, they first have the equivalent of a stick with a fizzing fuse and 'Acme Dynamite Company' written on the side. It's much more interesting, and doesn't take so long." -- Terry Pratchett

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

Double-check me, but that should be "they first hand the equivalent".

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's right. Whoops. I thought "have" didn't make much sense there...

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

You're hint isn't true though. O maps to Y, which is debatable, and the rule doesn't work both ways. (w --> s, q --> d, t --> h, etc.)

Really, it's solvable just given the first two words, which you can assume are "it is." It's not the best quote, though, since there are a number of letters that occur only once (v and m, for example).

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

By both ways, I meant that all of the vowels in the code represent consonants, and all of the vowels in the actual quote are consonants in the code. How could all of the consonants possibly map to vowels? I didn't think the clue implied that. I've included the key I used below, to better illustrate this. Is there a clearer way to say it?

And, umm, v appears at least twice, m at least three times in the original. Or did you mean in the code, where v still appears at least twice and m obviously maps to q (what else could go in "e_uivalent"?).


OriginalCode
A K
B L
C R
D Q
E J
F A
G X
H T
I P
J I
K Y
L B
M H
N S
O Z
P G
Q M
R C
S W
T U
U D
V N
W F
X E
Y O
Z V

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

All I know is, that was a confusing hint.

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

Agreed. That's why I ignored it. Also, in the future could you put hints after an LJ-cut?

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

I suppose that could be managed. Though I think I'm going to lay of cryptograms in favor of something different for a while. They don't seem as popular with the peanut gallery.