[Poll for Mark Knowles] Explanation for Voynich text?

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Maybe the seven shorthand voters have certain arguments in favor of shorthand which I overlooked. I doubt it though. If anything, Voynichese is probably "longhand"

Yes. Anyone willing to write 7000 times dy and other very frequent patterns that could easily be abbreviated has no concern for space.

Shorthand also requires a lot more common characters than the set in basic EVA. Their number could be maybe doubled by taking into account small variations in loops and curvatures, though I am not convinced that it is possible to reliably discriminate between similar shapes, the quality of writing being what it is.

The only shorthand proposal that I remember is the one by You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., very ambiguous and requires a lot of expansion.