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alik_05
11-27-2005, 12:12 AM
How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Par is about half an hour.

What is Unusual About this Paragraph?

:imst:

WisePrince7
11-27-2005, 10:29 PM
The most frequent letter of the English alphabet does not appear in this short paragraph.

Question back to you. Which letter I am referring to? ;)

OceanofMemories
11-27-2005, 10:31 PM
EbEbEbE...chekhel in shu?

Executive
11-27-2005, 10:47 PM
The most frequent letter of the English alphabet does not appear in this short paragraph.

Question back to you. Which letter I am referring to? ;)

E? I never knew it was the most frequently used letter in English..

WisePrince7
11-27-2005, 10:56 PM
E? I never knew it was the most frequently used letter in English..

If you have studied a little bit of cryptography, you would know that for a fact. The next frequent letter in English alphabet is letter T. Cryptanalysis relies on frequency of letters of any alphabet. Guess which letter is the most frequent in Russian alphabet?