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I've been trying to write some emails to my friends, but something is going horribly wrong! It's as though the devil himself has hold of me: everything I type comes out as gibberish! The first email I wrote looked like this:

\ehsy dhsll er fo yhid errkrnf\/ \lry'd ho domrehrtr inyrtrdyinh\2

The second one came out like this:

U fauk ti cinoregebd tiyr kast enauk, Wgt> Nt qyestuib us wgt, Kiij deeokt,

The third one was worst of all!

\drr tiy ib \ygytdfst\2 \giorgykkt er;kk skk vr ygrtr ygud yunr,

Can you help me to decipher these emails so that my friends don't think I'm a raving lunatic? (Well, I am a raving lunatic, but I wasn't trying to type gibberish just now!)

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    This puzzle suffers from localization issues. On my keyboard the last message would have been <drr tiy ib <ygytdfst<2 <giorgykkt erækk skk vr ygrtr ygud yunr, – Taemyr Jun 09 '15 at 12:30
  • So now we know you aren't a follower of Dvorak....interesting.. – Mark N Jun 09 '15 at 14:07
  • @Taemyr You have an "æ" on your keyboard? Are you Norwegian by any chance? – Rand al'Thor Jun 09 '15 at 17:31
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    More seriously, I realised this localisation thing might be a problem, but wasn't sure how to resolve it without giving away the solution! I couldn't have said "I'm using a UK-style QWERTY keyboard". Maybe I could have a spoilertagged "Hint: I'm in the UK." Suggestions, anyone? – Rand al'Thor Jun 09 '15 at 17:32

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First message:

   What shall we do this weekend? Let's go somewhere interesting!

How to get it: move left-hand keys one place to the left and leave right-hand keys as they are to decrypt

Second message:

 I fail to comprehend your last email. Why, my question is why. look deeply.

How to get it: move right-hand keys one place to the right and leave left-hand keys as they are to decrypt

Third message:

 See you on Thursday! Hopefully we'll all be there this time.

How to get it: move left-hand keys one place to the left and right-hand keys one place to the right to decrypt

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    First message: What shall we do this weekend? Let's go somewhere interesting! – Chen Orihara Jun 09 '15 at 09:20
  • yes that's it. I had it all except for the first What... dunno how can you reach \ trying to get w. I edit my answer with it ok? :) – Megasa3 Jun 09 '15 at 09:22
  • The '' is one key to the right of the shift key – LowIntHighCha Jun 09 '15 at 09:23
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    Third message: See you on Thursday! Hopefully we'll all be there this time. – Chen Orihara Jun 09 '15 at 09:24
  • Second message should be: Why, instead of Why> – Chen Orihara Jun 09 '15 at 09:25
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    Ohhh I see now why!!! It's because I'm from spain and the spanish keyboard is diferrent than the english so, that's why you have there the \ while I have it on the left side of the number '1' key. Didn't thought about that until now! I update the answer then :) – Megasa3 Jun 09 '15 at 09:28
  • Nice job! You got all the messages right, but the explanation in your first paragraph looks a bit odd. PS: welcome to Puzzling.SE :-) – Rand al'Thor Jun 09 '15 at 09:39
  • @randal'thor yes, i didn't know how to explian it really... but I 've just edited it and I think it's more clear now :) Thank you! I saw this one and wanted to try so I made the account ^^ – Megasa3 Jun 09 '15 at 09:42
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    Your explanation (i.e. move right-hand keys one place to the right and leave left-hand keys as they are to decrypt) only works for the second message. The first and third have different algorithms, although along the same lines. – Rand al'Thor Jun 09 '15 at 09:47
  • well initially i put it only for the second one but then thought it would work for all. But its true. I'll edit it now – Megasa3 Jun 09 '15 at 09:53
  • Almost right, except that it's left-hand keys one place to the left and right-hand keys one place to the right to decrypt (the other way round to encrypt, of course). – Rand al'Thor Jun 09 '15 at 10:04
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    @randal'thor again I was thinking on encrypt and not to decrypt hehe thank you!!! I really enjoyed this puzzle! and your lunatic part :P – Megasa3 Jun 09 '15 at 10:11