I have recently coded the 1st line of an aria from an opera composed by George Gershwyn and I am ready to share with you the following information:
1. The code is a simple substitution code, ten distinct letters were replaced by the digits 0,1,2…9.
2. One letter was left uncoded.
3. The line consists of six words.
4. When coded the 1st, 4th, and the 5th words become square numbers and do not use the non-coded letter ,
5. The other words are either multiples of a square number, bigger than one, or use the uncoded letter.
I dare you to find the name of the aria, the numbers in my coding (or alternate solution complying with the above terms) and to explain how it relates to puzzle's title.
A possible "solution" to this puzzle could be "Bess, you is my woman now", though I do not know (yet) how it may connect to "GIPSY ROAD".
With this first line of the song title the same as those string of six words, there are four different possible solutions (note, I interpreted "bigger than one" as a request for the number representing the coded word to be greater than the number encoded by the word "one"):
- 0123456789=SBMWAYEOUN
BESS 1600 = 40^2
YOU 578 = 17^2 * 2
IS I0 (unencoded letter "i")
MY 25 = 5^2
WOMAN 37249 = 193^2
NOW 973 > ONE 796
- 0123456789=SWBOYEMUAN
BESS 2500 = 50^2
YOU 437 > ONE 395
IS I0 (unencoded letter "i")
MY 64 = 8^2
WOMAN 13689 = 117^2
NOW 931 = 7^2 * 19
- 0123456789=SOMUEYBWAN
BESS 6400 = 80^2
YOU 513 = 3^2 * 57
IS I0 (unencoded letter "i")
MY 25 = 5^2
WOMAN 71289 = 267^2
NOW 917 > ONE 194
- 0123456789=SEMWAYUOBN
BESS 8100 = 90^2
YOU 436 = 2^2 * 109
IS I0 (unencoded letter "i")
MY 25 = 5^2
WOMAN 37249 = 193^2
NOW 973 > ONE 791
Edited on July 14, 2012, 9:31 am
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Posted by Dej Mar
on 2012-07-14 01:02:37 |
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