Lens of Deciphering?

[KevinJ]

Originally Posted by FireHorse

• No, partly because it only works on written languages, and partly because wearing a monocle would make you a Villain.

I don't know about making the wearer a villain. You would also have to have a black stove pipe hat, black coat, and very long mustaches to twist and you mocked your victims after having them tied to the railroad tracks or evicted from their homes.

[hcobb]

Originally Posted by KevinJ

I don't know about making the wearer a villain. You would also have to have a black stove pipe hat, black coat, and very long mustaches to twist and you mocked your victims after having them tied to the railroad tracks or evicted from their homes.

Presumably this is all in a silent movie with text screens to translate every so often.

[Anaraxes]

Originally Posted by hcobb

Presumably this is all in a silent movie with text screens to translate every so often.

Which at least answers the question about the Thieves' Argot lacking a written form. The Lens of Silent Oral Villainous Translation can just translate the title cards that appear periodically whenever thieves are conversing.