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Scrolling through the other threads, there seems to be alot of discussion about what this means, and there is different oppinions on it. Some have said that Diego is Spanish for James , and Laurenz is a rhyme for Florence, as a possability. I spent the last week doing my homework on this, and have brought in some heavy artillery to help me. A friend of my father's, a 67 year old man named Lee, is a genius in word codes - that is encrypting and decrypting word codes. He has helped try to explain to me how the cryptic crosswords work in the newspaper. Since I find these near impossible to do. He explained the techniques used, such as separating syllables, and guggling them around.He can do it with consumate ease.
To get to the point. He believes that this is clever word trickery using phonetic similarities. That is if you are assuming Maybrick wrote it. Otherwise it is just a hoaxers fluke. I wont get into the debate about Maybrick as JtR - but what this meant if he did write it.
The first thing that Lee did was separate the first 3 letters of the name - which I did not know at the time why he did. He explained that this is so very fundemental to the whole purpose of the diary. Maybrick's goal was to kill whores to atone for his wife's infedelity. He could not kill her himself - for obvious reasons. Although, when she wrote to Michael telling him about his arsenic addiction, James seriously did consider killing Flo that week.Thus the whole point is for Flo to Die. Strangely, the first 3 letters are DIE.That is why he separated them.He then put it into 4 parts - DIE GO LAU RENZ. He said it is the GO LAU RENZ part that is the ryme for Florence.
Laurenz is about as close as you can get in the Spanish language to Florence. It is not perfect - but close. A cryptic trick he used was to omit the Syllable LAU. We are left with the motive of the diary up against the clue.To make it clearer I will put them on top of each other to compare.
DIE GO RENZ - LAU(omited). This is the code.
DIE FLO RENCE . This is the diary's motive.
Say them together and see what you think.
DIE GORENZ and DIE FLORENCE are very phonetically similar. This was clever work, if Maybrick did it, as while similar, it is not too clear. " I will leave them a clue - but nothing too clear". It has amused the person he set out to amuse - himself.
If anyone else is a genius in the cryptic crosswords , tell me what you think of this.I have got the help of a genius and come up with this, so I would be glad to hear any comment. Thanks, Q.
To get to the point. He believes that this is clever word trickery using phonetic similarities. That is if you are assuming Maybrick wrote it. Otherwise it is just a hoaxers fluke. I wont get into the debate about Maybrick as JtR - but what this meant if he did write it.
The first thing that Lee did was separate the first 3 letters of the name - which I did not know at the time why he did. He explained that this is so very fundemental to the whole purpose of the diary. Maybrick's goal was to kill whores to atone for his wife's infedelity. He could not kill her himself - for obvious reasons. Although, when she wrote to Michael telling him about his arsenic addiction, James seriously did consider killing Flo that week.Thus the whole point is for Flo to Die. Strangely, the first 3 letters are DIE.That is why he separated them.He then put it into 4 parts - DIE GO LAU RENZ. He said it is the GO LAU RENZ part that is the ryme for Florence.
Laurenz is about as close as you can get in the Spanish language to Florence. It is not perfect - but close. A cryptic trick he used was to omit the Syllable LAU. We are left with the motive of the diary up against the clue.To make it clearer I will put them on top of each other to compare.
DIE GO RENZ - LAU(omited). This is the code.
DIE FLO RENCE . This is the diary's motive.
Say them together and see what you think.
DIE GORENZ and DIE FLORENCE are very phonetically similar. This was clever work, if Maybrick did it, as while similar, it is not too clear. " I will leave them a clue - but nothing too clear". It has amused the person he set out to amuse - himself.
If anyone else is a genius in the cryptic crosswords , tell me what you think of this.I have got the help of a genius and come up with this, so I would be glad to hear any comment. Thanks, Q.
Common names are the hardest to trace, and so far I haven't come up with a satisfactory explanation.
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