06-02-2026, 01:49 PM
I would just call them words.
As it was said some people call them "vords" but for me it is "veird"
and doesn't really give you any benefit, just like calling them tokens, items, letter groups or whatever.
They were certainly designed to look like words but in theory it could be a trick. They could be just syllables, spaces could be unimportant or be yet another symbol in the cipher. People explored these ideas but it didn't really give any fruits.
It should be consistent and universal for all the text. You cannot give reading of 20 or even 100 words and ignore the fact that your system doesn't work for the rest of words.
And another thing is claiming that the text is meaningless. While some people suspect it, we don't have an idea what could be the definitive proof.
As it was said some people call them "vords" but for me it is "veird"
and doesn't really give you any benefit, just like calling them tokens, items, letter groups or whatever.They were certainly designed to look like words but in theory it could be a trick. They could be just syllables, spaces could be unimportant or be yet another symbol in the cipher. People explored these ideas but it didn't really give any fruits.
Quote:what minimal properties any explanation of Voynichese must account for, regardless of theory,
It should be consistent and universal for all the text. You cannot give reading of 20 or even 100 words and ignore the fact that your system doesn't work for the rest of words.
And another thing is claiming that the text is meaningless. While some people suspect it, we don't have an idea what could be the definitive proof.