12-05-2026, 10:48 AM
Oh, I just noticed: Patrick Feaster (Griffonage 2020) provided a list of 7 rules that predicts ~95% of mid-word breaks.
I calculated it a little differently—taking all spaces into account - but I get essentially the same results. Well, then I don’t need to publish that.
There is no language (at least none that I know of) that produces something like this. In my opinion, this is very clear evidence that spaces are not “real” word boundaries - (but maybe Stolfi's chinese approach)
I see two reasons for this, but perhaps others have more:
1. The actual encryption takes place at a deeper level (whether as a cipher or a generator); the spaces are a diversionary tactic.
2. The spaces are part of a cipher.
I calculated it a little differently—taking all spaces into account - but I get essentially the same results. Well, then I don’t need to publish that.
There is no language (at least none that I know of) that produces something like this. In my opinion, this is very clear evidence that spaces are not “real” word boundaries - (but maybe Stolfi's chinese approach)
I see two reasons for this, but perhaps others have more:
1. The actual encryption takes place at a deeper level (whether as a cipher or a generator); the spaces are a diversionary tactic.
2. The spaces are part of a cipher.