Voynich text generation

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This exercise is an excellent reminder that even a standard "Sunday paper cryptogram puzzle" with one-to-one substitution can be difficult and challenging, when (1) you don't know which language it is written in, (2) even if you think you have guessed the language correctly, you are not a native speaker of it, and (3) word breaks in the cryptogram may not match word breaks in the text of the underlying language.

Geoffrey

Yes, I agree with these points. And I really had to learn firsthand how MUCH of an obstacle it can be to not know the underlying language. I'll wait a few days before posting the answer so people have a chance to give it some brain cycles.