Currier A and B

[don of tallahassee]

I did a very rough word count of the words in the herbal section according to GC's list of the words found in the herbal section, with the following (rough count) results.
 
There are approximately 444 repetitions of 162 different words with the sequence EVA = ed in them.
 
Of the 162 different words, 96 end in EVA = edy, 14 end in EVA =  ed and the other 52 end in something else.
 
Of the 444 repetitions of the of the 162 different words, 371 end in EVA = edy, 16 end in EVA - ed and the other 57 end in something else.
 
When deconstructed in accordance with my proposed method, sequence and code groups, the following are true for  ten of the most repeated of the 162 different words:
chedy     52 repetitions       che/d/y
                                                I      V VI
shedy     29 repetitions       she/d/y
                                                I      V VI
okedy    25 repetitions        oke/d/y
                                                I      V VI
otedy     21 repetitions       ote/d/y                
                                                I      V VI
qokedy  35 repetitions       qoke/d/y                               
                                                I        V VI
qotedy   15 repetitions       qote/d/y              
                                                I        V VI
ykedy      8 repetitions        yke/d/y
                                                I      V VI
ytedy       8 repetitions        yte/d/y
                                                I      V VI
kedy        9  repetitions       ke/d/y
                                                I   V  VI
tedy         8 repetitions        te/d/y
                                                I   V  VI
where all seem to show only a Group I code ending in EVA = e, a Group V code and a Group VI code. The same seems to be true for most of the other repetitions ending in EVA = edy. There may be a few with a Group III code also included (probably either EVA = ee or che).
 
The 16 repetitions of the 14 words ending in EVA = ed seem to show they end with a Group V code preceded by a Group IV code. Most show only a Group I code, a Group IV code and a Group V code.
 
All code groups are found in sequential order (Groups I, II, III, IV, V, VI).

As I said, it is only a rough count for the herbal section. I didn't want to make a month-long study of them.

 If someone would like to work up the stats for the entire manuscript, I think they will show similar results. Whatever they show, I'd like to see them.

It looks to me that the main difference of words with EVA = ed in them in the herbal section of the VMS, might be that the EVA = d part of the pair might be something that might be only present in the list of Group V codes in language B words (for the most part). To make a rough check on my theory about this, see how many of the words ending in EVA = edy are also words in the VMS if the EVA = d is left out (and is thus 'understood'?).  (Hint - there are a whole bunch of 'em.)

Thank you.

Don of Tallahassee