Opinions on: line as a functional unit
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(10-11-2025, 05:38 PM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
While I still believe in that theory, I am back because I think that I can still have some things I can contribute, even if that theory is correct.  And there are a thing or two that I can try that could prove it -- even without actually "deciphering" it.


I understand you. But I don't want to give up hope that there might be another solution. And I know why I don't want to. It would be such a pitty to have to give up such a wonderful hobby Big Grin Cool .

I also have another theory about word length distribution in Voynich: I believe that the random placement of spaces is part of a simple ‘encryption’ technique. But there is another reason for this too:

I tried to translate Latin recipes from the Middle Ages into Voynichese to see if it was even possible (it is). I noticed the following: if the Gallow glyphs represent words, and I assume they do for several reasons, you don't just leave them as individual glyphs. That would be too conspicuous. You add other glyphs and the space structure dissolves.

And now comes the crazy part: if you give in to this, the human mind will automatically choose a relatively homogeneous word length. The result is a rhythmic and similar length distribution. However, this would have to be empirically investigated with a group of people to see if this really happens to everyone, or just to me. 

But since the Gallow Glyphs also have to be letters, especially to write problematic words that cannot be abbreviated very well (names, etc.), there must also be a few outliers in length. And, of course, there must also be short words and single letters to make it clear that these few glyphs represent a specific short word. But the typeface remains very homogeneous.

But of course, that's too nothing more than another theory... Dodgy Wink
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