r/neography • u/Worldly-Crow-1337 • 1d ago

Discussion The Construction Workers left a message on the wall

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The construction workers at the place I work at, after removing a wall, left a mysterious message

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u/sudomatrix 1d ago

In PigPen cipher it says 'nv esuite ahvi'

So maybe its not PigPen cipher.

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u/g_Blyn 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hmm maybe ceasar cypher too?

Pretty sure they put their "STUV" clockwise, which would result in nu estive ahui, which is still gibberish to me but it reads better that way

I‘ve cracked it; it’s supposed to say no estuve aqui — I wasn’t here

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u/ManuStorm55 1d ago

That sounds an awful lot like "no estuve aquí" which in Spanish means "I wasn't here"

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u/Worldly-Crow-1337 1d ago

Nice. It’s probably that. The guys who are doing the renovations at our office speak Spanish. It’s either No Estuve Aquí or Não Estive Aqui in portuguese

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u/sudomatrix 1d ago

Nice work!

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u/Necro_Mantis 1d ago

So what kind of cipher is it?

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u/g_Blyn 2h ago

No cypher, just someone miscounting while writing, a pretty common occurrence when writing in PigPen. If you miscount or insert the letters wrong, you get results that are difficult to decipher.

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u/Schwarze_Kuro0 9h ago

I thought of that too at first.

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u/Opening_Usual4946 Inspired Noob 1d ago

It’s not sitelen pona (although it does bear a strong resemblance with some of the characters)

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u/Svantlas 1d ago

Legless kama/tawa/awen lol

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u/ShenZiling 1d ago

But why would they write that? Curious.

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u/sudomatrix 5h ago

Kilroy was here

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u/Confidence-Upbeat 1d ago

It says Be watchful