Morten St George Theory

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JP, I very much doubt that any conversion of something from British English into American English could result in letter-count discrepancies of the magnitude that we see between Curriers A and B because most words in both versions of English are spelled exactly the same. Why should we expect to see something different in the VMS?
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Most words in Curriers A and B are spelled the same if you look at the dynamics of the changes.

On the other hand, one might expect encoded text to remain somewhat rigorous or consistent throughout, which is something that we do not find in the VMS, forcing us to conclude that different systems of encoding are being employed or that some parts of the VMS may not be encoded at all.

It is pretty rigorous. That's what I've been trying to tell you. Yes, there may be slightly different systems of encoding but having studied them and having created four transcripts (which means I've looked at EVERY GLYPH in the VMS from beginning to end), I think of them as system "adjustments" rather than as different systems or languages. The differences are not major.