Folks (the few of you who are still electing to receive messages!):
I have uploaded in the Photos section a photo of a button with the
letters "HYS UFPOG DIN" on it. It was sent to ACA to see if it's
ciphertext.
Does anyone know what this means? If it's a cipher, it's not a Caesar
shift (or if it is, it still doesn't mean anything in English). If
it's a substitution cipher, it could mean practically anything.
Some chap thinks it might be Swedish, but I don't know the language.
Could it be another language, say Danish, Welsh, Gaelic????
Folks (the few of you who are still electing to receive messages!): I have uploaded in the Photos section a photo of a button with the letters "HYS UFPOG DIN"...
Strange. Obviously, traditional cryptanalysis is a bit tough -- three short words with no repeated letters! HYS has a number of interpretations, but I found it...
Gish, David
gish@...
Aug 22, 2003 11:34 pm
... the know" ... That's TANSTAAFL (Is -> Ain't), from "TMiaHM", by Heinlein. I like this! It has the ring of sanity about it. I nominate "Have You Seen" or...
... I think it's likely to be something religious too... Help Your Self/Soul/Saviour U__ F__ Power Of God Do It Now Ring any bells with anyone? Mark...
Yellow buttons with uppercase grey letters were a favourite way for the Fukawi tribe of Western Africa to pass messages between members interested in...
Tim Roberts
t.roberts@...
Aug 23, 2003 12:58 am
The novelty type font used in the button is interesting. Does anyone recognize it? Do we know where the button was found, or photographed, or whatever?...
... We don't know the circumstances. It came to us from a newspaper writer who had been asked about it by a reader. The reporter sent me the photo of the ...
At least it makes no sense in swedish or any other nordic language. I think that you can forget about the caesar shift in this case. Fredrik Johansson ... ...
No it's not Albanian, just sounded like it. Must be Arabic transliteration or something like that. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
It's not an anagram, it's not religious and it's not English. It's Albanian. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free,...
Here's more info on the origin of the button message: "My wife was given a button around 15 years ago by a friend in high school. When he gave her this button,...
... school. ... said she ... Not exactly an idea, but perhaps a mini-thoughtlet. Building on my "Have you seen...Do it now" suggestion, how about the name of...
Hi Jim, TANSTAAFL -- I'll correct my glossary! (Actually, I've seen it both ways. Chalk it up to corruption by Internet osmosis.) The high school connection...
Gish, David
gish@...
Aug 25, 2003 11:44 pm
Hey folks, ... I go right with Fredrik that it is probably not a Nordic Language like Swedish, Norwegian or Suomi nor Danish. I don't know about Icelandic or ...
OK, what about this... Have You Signed Up For Party/Prom Of Graduation? Do It Now Any ideas from those the west side of the Atlantic what POG could be? Mark...
... be? ... A quick Google search of "Do It Now" reveals an organisation called "Do It Now" ( http://www.doitnow.org ) This is "America's drug information...
I like this; it's the best shot so far. POG is the big mystery and the possibilities are vast -- just check Google. It was doubtlessly some local event we'd...
Gish, David
gish@...
Aug 26, 2003 5:49 pm
... Following your suggestion, I have passed on our ideas so far and asked the writer to see if any of it rings a bell with the button owner. Will let you know...
What is the provenance of this button, and the story that goes with it? Everything so far is friend-of-a-friend territory, and the earliest sighting I've found...
... s=&threadid=205074. ... All we know is what we were told by the newspaper reporter and as mentioned in the link you gave us. We have all assumed that the ...
Jane Greig of Austin American-Statesman wrote an article on September 14, 2003, and provided something like "Have You Signed Up For P__ O__ G__ Do It Now." If...
If it's "Have You Signed Up For P- O- G- Do It Now", maybe POG is one of those American college sorority house things - Phi Omicron Gamma. Or a study course...
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