What if Voynich plaintext is very heavily shortened?
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Thanks for all the answers.

Speaking of very radical shortening of text, such examples do exist although are rare.

From Cipher Mysteries blog: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

Our Fth wch rt n hvn ; hlwd b y Nm
Y Kgdm cm Y wl b dn n rth z it s n Hvn
(Lord's Prayer)

And another case, a cipher of Girolamo Sirtori:  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

S.R, DEO GD. SN,. AQ^,. NQ^,. IND. NONL,.
EDO VN UCD. LV. IAG, EIC. HO.
LN, NO,. N`. P^N AG. .E. LQ^, P^C, N^%Q^.,
SI, UO. VOI. UO., R”Q^ NQ^O NON, IA”,.
DG, .F. D.ON. SUS”. HP^,. VP^, .EL,. P^IN,.
R”D . D.OV. AS, IU P^OCI,.
R”Q^: N. D, IN^O, R”N, LQ^, IAD.,,
GUO, EDG. A^, .E. F^O. ED, IX^. DN^.
L.D. DN,. IU, VGO. HO,,. IQ^, V,V
IA”. N^L. R”P”, ND. R”P”, GE. U^ SION
IO ,I, I, E^. AN^ LR^. NN^D. DR^P”,.
EY. SG.B,,, D, EIX^ N^N LP^,,
P^NU” DR^ IN^A” IO, DO
R^N^ Q^I S^
G N” I,
SIR^ GI

(I don't know if the solution described in the comment and presented above was finally accepted as true or not).

I totally agree that abbreviations won't explain everything about Voynich words. They won't explain "y" being at the end of 50% of words or so.
But maybe "y" isn't a real letter, just some "joker" or "wildcard".

As I learnt, we can speak of two kinds of abbreviations - suspension and contraction:  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.

Contraction is removing middle of the word so "doctor" becomes "dr".
Suspension is keeping the beginning and removing the end - "reverend" becomes "rev."

Maybe "y" is a a sign of suspension, working like a dot after "rev"???
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RE: What if Voynich plaintext is very heavily shortened? - by Rafal - 13-03-2023, 09:43 PM

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