My new cipher with numbers

Question

I have thought up one simple cipher. Hope it didn't exist before. Try to crack it!

Here is encoded one sentence in English consisting of three words.

$(2_ 2,5_ 2,7_ 5,8_ 5,9_ 4,14_ 4),(6_ 2,7_ 1),(3_ 2,5_ 4,30_ 4,70_ 2)$

Hint:

Numbers are not numbers

Decoding a cipher like this is very boring unless it has either a very clear direction to start working, or at least a full paragraph of ciphertext, preferably more. I do not want to spend an hour throwing random crap at your puzzle and checking whether the result is English. (Credit to @Lopsy for the copy-paste text.) — xnor, Commented Dec 2, 2014 at 4:51
@xnor I actually tried to disprove you for a while, but after that last edit, I do believe you are right. — dmg, Commented Dec 2, 2014 at 14:23
I vote for re-opening, but I would like to ask Somnium to edit it with more information (not hints) to make it a better/solvable puzzle. I also think the additional encryption of the solution is not a good idea. — BmyGuest, Commented Dec 2, 2014 at 15:28

Len · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-02 20:58:28Z

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The answer is:

winter is here

Method:

- spell each integer (excluding index numbers) - two five seven eight etc.
- select letters from each word using index numbers - w i n t etc.

answered Dec 2, 2014 at 20:58

Len

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$\begingroup$ Nice one! This must be it. $\endgroup$
– Rand al'Thor
Commented Dec 2, 2014 at 20:59
$\begingroup$ D@rn! I thought of part 1 right away, but part two never crossed my mind, so it didn't go anywhere! $\endgroup$
– BmyGuest
Commented Dec 2, 2014 at 22:12
$\begingroup$ Nice one! That was really good. $\endgroup$
– EKons
Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 17:15

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