The two tables represent two scenarios of the same problem.

All Alphanumeric Values Tot V 20 C 92 I U E O O E E A O A C 70 V 15 40 54 37 42 24 Vowels from 1 to 5 Tot V 6 C 92 I U E O O E E A O A C 70 V 6 37 43 34 36 24

Add ten consonants [orange] to form five 4-letter words vertically of the structure CVVC.

When some vowels are added appropriately [yellow], the orange and yellow cells, when read in a left to right manner form a sentence which has some relevance to the title. Such vowels precede the consonants to which they are vertically paired in the table. Of those vowels only one is duplicated.

In the first table all letters are valued A-Z from 1 to 26. In the second table the vowels have ascending values from 1 to 5.

The green cells represent the column sums of values of all absent letters.

What is the sentence?

On reading cell order of sentence. If the first two vowels occur in the second and fourth yellow cells the sentence would begin CVCCVC.

(In reply to about the sentence by Daniel)

An interesting point of view Daniel.

Consider that I pose you a problem, that problem is a poser.  I'm not going to try to cite any books but many puzzle books use the term.

Now, upon reflection, I do recall back in my teen years that referred that who "showed-off" in any sort of way as a "poser", presumably that term having been derived from the fashion industry, ie, posing.

Posted by brianjn on 2009-03-14 22:34:59