Mark Knowles > 02-11-2022, 08:53 PM
Koen G > 02-11-2022, 10:02 PM
Mark Knowles > 03-11-2022, 10:21 AM
(02-11-2022, 10:02 PM)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I find it difficult because my main certainty is what I know it is not. By that I mean that only the first option from your list can be eliminated.
(02-11-2022, 10:02 PM)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I'm also not sure how voynichese can be shorthand given its low character entropy, but maybe I am missing something there.
Mark Knowles > 03-11-2022, 10:25 AM
Koen G > 03-11-2022, 02:44 PM
Scarecrow > 03-11-2022, 02:55 PM
Mark Knowles > 03-11-2022, 04:09 PM
(03-11-2022, 02:55 PM)Scarecrow Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.It could an invented language + cipher or shorthand, at most a natural language + cipher, where cipher can be encryption or further encoding.I tried to keep it simple; it is certainly possible that it could be a variety of options combined. I left the "Other - please specify" for that and other options. I felt that if the categories I had suggested did not seem to represent the range of options that people believe then I would rerun the poll with a different set of options.
nablator > 03-11-2022, 05:38 PM
(03-11-2022, 02:44 PM)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Maybe the seven shorthand voters have certain arguments in favor of shorthand which I overlooked. I doubt it though. If anything, Voynichese is probably "longhand"Yes. Anyone willing to write 7000 times dy and other very frequent patterns that could easily be abbreviated has no concern for space.
nablator > 03-11-2022, 05:53 PM
(02-11-2022, 08:53 PM)Mark Knowles Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I am quite keen to have another poll for those who selected cipher to see what kind of "cipher" explanations are most popular.
So suggestions welcome.
R. Sale > 03-11-2022, 06:36 PM