Can LAAFU effects be modeled?

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2. Are line-end features abbreviations employed when the writer was running out of space?  Maybe -- but my sense is that, in practice, abbreviations didn't typically cluster at line-end in manuscripts of the period, so this would be a stranger explanation than it might seem at first glance.

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My impression is that, in manuscripts with only a few abbreviated words, they do tend to cluster at line end. But most early 15th century manuscripts are heavily abbreviated and I agree that there usually is no clear clustering. Anyway, my opinion is that "abbreviation clustering" could play a role with EVA:m,g.

It may be about time for a reassessment of LAAFU. what it entails and how it is defined.
For example, if my understanding is correct, the long 1st word and short last word of vms lines, according to Elmar Vogt can be also be found in 'Tomsawyer'.
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This passage from You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. could explain what happens with English:

Word lengths in most meaningful texts are negatively autocorrelated: that is, long words tend to be interspersed with short words (long-short-long-short). By contrast, the VMS exhibits positive autocorrelation (long-long-short-short).

Short words can easily fit at the end of lines, which causes the following longer word to appear at the start of the following line. What happens with Voynichese is less clear.

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Another great line-effect is what Tavie discussed at Voynich Day 2024.

Scribe 1 in Herbal A really dislikes q-q vertical pairs despite loving q as a Line Start initial.  Scribe 2 in Balneological also  shows a distaste for q-q.

Basically, though line-initial q- is crazily frequent, it almost never occurs on consecutive lines, so that alternating vertical patterns can be observed. E.g. check You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., or the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..