MarcoP > 31-10-2016, 03:00 PM
(31-10-2016, 02:57 PM)ThomasCoon Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Thanks Marco - In your command, is there the option for nulls in each category?
Davidsch > 31-10-2016, 03:13 PM
Emma May Smith > 31-10-2016, 06:29 PM
(31-10-2016, 02:00 AM)ThomasCoon Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(30-10-2016, 10:38 PM)Emma May Smith Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Can you explain why this tool would be useful? Or what fundamentals of word structure it reveals?
Good question. There are so many peculiar features of Voynichese word structure, and I was theorizing an underlying system that could explain them all. For example, my small table would account for:
1) Why many vords spelled with <t> can also appear with <k> - and what the overall relation between the gallows might be.
2) Why many vords spelled with 2 <e>'s can also appear with 1 or 0.
3) Why many vords spelled with <sh> can also appear with <ch>
4) Why many vords spelled with <yk> or <yt> can also appear with <ok> or <ot>
5) Why most words beginning with <q> can also be valid without it
6) Why many words ending in <daiin> can also end in <dy>
7) Why many words spelled with <ar> and <al> can also appear with <or> and <ol>
ThomasCoon > 31-10-2016, 10:23 PM
(31-10-2016, 06:29 PM)Emma May Smith Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.So your theory is that this table, or something like it, was used to generate Voynich words?
Koen G > 31-10-2016, 10:27 PM
ThomasCoon > 31-10-2016, 10:33 PM
(31-10-2016, 10:27 PM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.You mean like each word represents a letter and each line a word?
Emma May Smith > 31-10-2016, 10:54 PM
(31-10-2016, 10:23 PM)ThomasCoon Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(31-10-2016, 06:29 PM)Emma May Smith Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.So your theory is that this table, or something like it, was used to generate Voynich words?
Hi Emma,
I am considering the idea that the scribe may have used a table like this to produce vords, but not in a meaningless way (like the "table-and-grille" idea). I don't have an exact theory, but I've been wondering if the VMS is not linguistic text but meta-text. Perhaps each individual vord is really a set of inputs / a set of "instructions", which you then plug into some table to get a plaintext output. Perhaps something like this:
I'm just so perplexed by all the components that seem to "switch out" for one another, like <Sh> and <ch> - but this is all speculation. Please feel free to point out holes you may see!
- [qo present]+[any galllows]+[ch]+[any group from column 6]+[o]+[any group from column 11] → one specific output
- [qo not present]+[any gallows]+[ch]+[any group from column 11]+[y] → a different specific output
- [qo not present]+[no gallows]+[ch]+[a/o]+[any group from column 11] → yet a third different output
Koen G > 31-10-2016, 11:21 PM
(31-10-2016, 11:15 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(31-10-2016, 10:27 PM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.You mean like each word represents a letter and each line a word?
What about labels?
Anton > 31-10-2016, 11:52 PM