The Origin of [sh]

[Emma May Smith]

Isn't it curious that many letters in voynich has a counterpart with a tail attached as well? EVA-R, EVA-S, EVA-I and now this. How is this charachter distributed? (As in the number, is the number comparable to other alphabets/tokens? How closely are vords using these symbols written?) I think depending on distribution, it maybe having an independant meaning/sound.. Or maybe Torsten's idea of shaps of glyphs being important and that similar ones occur together might have a substantiation, right?

You may be interested in Brian Cham's Curve-line System (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.). The theory basically posits two things:

1. That many glyphs have a e and i counterpart, such as s and r or b and n.
   
2. And that the e and i fundamentally govern the structures of words.
   

While I think both these points are taken too far in the theory, there is something (as first proposed by Currier) around the identity of e and i which seems important to the script.

It definitely deserves its own thread as there's so much to discuss on the matter.