A famous English proverb was coded by me twice: the 1st line consists of 26 letters of the English ABC each being replaced by C for the consonants and by V for the vowels (word=CVCC) while the letters in the second line provide letter C for each of composite numbers in the list corresponding to the value of serial place of the letter and P if the number is prime.
(word=>23,15,18,4=PCCC)
1st line:
CCVCCVCV CVCC CVC VVV CVCCVCV
2nd line:
CCACCPCC PCCC PPC CCC CCPCPCP
Rem1: Y is counted as a vowel
Rem2: A=1 is neither prime nor composite number so it stays A in the second line and V in the first
What is the original proverb?
The only VP is the letter E
There aren't to many CP: BCGKMRSW
There's a 3 letter word with all VC: IOUY
it must be YOU.
Plugging each CP into the last word the word NOWHERE came to mind and then I got it.
"Flattery will get you nowhere"
It's apparently an old idiom and I couldn't find the origin. The opposite replaces the last word with "everywhere" and is usually attributed to Mae West.
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Posted by Jer
on 2024-08-20 22:17:03 |
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