25-02-2020, 11:53 PM
Well it is strictly controlled for the most part but there are clearly deviations. They are potentially interesting if we understand what they are.
If they are interference from another writing system, they may teach us something about phonetic expectations.
If they are interference from within Voynichese, we might learn more about the formation of glyphs.
If they are intentional and thus apparently deemed necessary, this would mean that they actually wanted to express something, enough to warrant the introduction of special characters.
Only the last option requires the text to mean something, the others are possible in both cases. I just don't see how we can decide which is the case.
If they are interference from another writing system, they may teach us something about phonetic expectations.
If they are interference from within Voynichese, we might learn more about the formation of glyphs.
If they are intentional and thus apparently deemed necessary, this would mean that they actually wanted to express something, enough to warrant the introduction of special characters.
Only the last option requires the text to mean something, the others are possible in both cases. I just don't see how we can decide which is the case.