8am/daiin is not one of the bigger problems. If one is simply substituting symbol for symbol, the statistics come out somewhat the same. But what if it's not daiin? What if it is claw? in which the first letter is a ligature and the last three minims are all part of the same letter (which is quite possible)? Now we are talking about both structures on either side of the "a" having a different interpretation. And even the "a" itself may be a ligature. Maybe it is a combination of c + i. Or maybe it is only a combination of c + i when preceded by certain characters.
Another problem is that some transcripts don't even distinguish between dain, daiin, daiiin, daid, daiid, and daiiid.
As an even better example, if the EVA-y glyph, which BEHAVES like a Latin abbreviation in terms of position is, in fact, an abbreviation, then it can stand for 2, 3, or more letters. AND, in Latin, what it stands for at the beginning of a word is not the same as what it stands for at the end of a word. What if Voynichese functions in this manner, which was basically the norm in the 15th century?
Most statistical tests assume EVA-y is a single glyph AND that it has the same value whether at the beginning or end of the token (which is not at all the way it worked in the many languages that used Latin scribal conventions). At the beginning it was typically expanded to 3-letter common prefixes, at the end, it was typically expanded to 2-letter common suffixes (that were quite different from the prefixes). What if Voynichese uses some of these very prevalent methods of abbreviating text?
Another problem is that some transcripts don't even distinguish between dain, daiin, daiiin, daid, daiid, and daiiid.
As an even better example, if the EVA-y glyph, which BEHAVES like a Latin abbreviation in terms of position is, in fact, an abbreviation, then it can stand for 2, 3, or more letters. AND, in Latin, what it stands for at the beginning of a word is not the same as what it stands for at the end of a word. What if Voynichese functions in this manner, which was basically the norm in the 15th century?
Most statistical tests assume EVA-y is a single glyph AND that it has the same value whether at the beginning or end of the token (which is not at all the way it worked in the many languages that used Latin scribal conventions). At the beginning it was typically expanded to 3-letter common prefixes, at the end, it was typically expanded to 2-letter common suffixes (that were quite different from the prefixes). What if Voynichese uses some of these very prevalent methods of abbreviating text?
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