geoffreycaveney's Judaeo-Greek theory

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There is one thing Geoffrey has done that most of the others with similar ideas have not done...

He has tried to find a "pathway" between Voynichese and a language (in this case Greek) that might account for the seeming compression or monotone characteristics of the VMS text. Most people don't even acknowledge this aspect of the text.

In this case, the proposed intermediary is Hebrew. I completely understand what he is saying about how syllables are dropped or changed to suit particular dialects because I see this in manuscripts, especially within certain ethnic groups, or enclaves, or whatever you want to call a small group of colonists within a different culture. Spelling wasn't standardized and there were few books and no radio/TV to cinch down languages, so you can actually see phonology affecting the way people wrote things in a way that is not possible now.


I don't know whether this idea is sufficient to account for the ways in which the VMS is structured, I'm as concerned as anyone about "solutions" based on too many degrees of freedom (too many degrees of freedom usually means the wrong approach or a one-way cipher) but at least it's a rational process of investigation and Geoffrey is more willing to answer criticisms and investigate his toolchest (learn what needs to be learned to adjust or defend the idea) than anyone we have seen so far.