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One funny word on f114r.30
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One funny word on f114r.30
Jorge_Stolfi > 3 hours ago
Consider the word lkeede near the center of this image (f114r line 30):
What do you see there? (No, this is not related to the BEEP theory.)
By my count, there are only three words that end with de in the whole Starred Parags section (SPS). One is a qoteode, the fourth word on line 12 of f104r, a parag head line:
Here the de apparently was the last thing that the Scribe wrote before pausing to recharge the quill.
The other de is on the first word of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. line 36, that happens to be a parag head too:
The lkeede instance at the top of this post occurs near the end of a largish parag (f114r.28--31) There is no sign of quill recharging there, but the next three words aiin oeedaiin qoaiin seem to be a bit more crooked than usual.
There is no lkeedaiin or lkeedo in my transcription of the SPS, but there are two lkeedar, one lkeedal, one lkeedol, two lkeedain,one lkeed, and a lot of lkeedy.
The digraph de occurs quite a few times in the middle of words, but mostly in groups dee or deee. In my alphabet/word model, those cases would be parsed as a {d} "element" followed by an {ee} or {eee} element, which is allowed. Whereas de before any glyph other than e (11 occurrences in my SPS) would have to be parsed as a single element -- a d with an e modifier -- which is forbidden.
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RE: One funny word on f114r.30
oshfdk > 2 hours ago
(3 hours ago)Jorge_Stolfi Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The lkeede instance at the top of this post occurs near the end of a largish parag (f114r.28--31) There is no sign of quill recharging there, but the next three words aiin oeedaiin qoaiin seem to be a bit more crooked than usual.
I'm not sure what you are getting at, but if the idea is to suggest that somethings weird happens when a word ends in de, then in this example, it's oeedaiin qoaiin that appear crooked to me, while aiin that immediately follows de seems perfectly regular. Just compare this first aiin with ...aiin in oeedaiin and qoaiin.
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RE: One funny word on f114r.30
dashstofsk > 1 hour ago
Possibly the writer just intended to finish these words with the common ending dy but for some reason did not complete the downswing to the y. -
RE: One funny word on f114r.30
nablator > 22 minutes ago
(1 hour ago)dashstofsk Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Possibly the writer just intended to finish these words with the common ending dy but for some reason did not complete the downswing to the y.
Like the unusual cluster of 4 words ending with do on lines 14-21, perfectly aligned with 4 lines of text between them on the left and the right...
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RE: One funny word on f114r.30
Koen G > 14 minutes ago
(1 hour ago)dashstofsk Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Possibly the writer just intended to finish these words with the common ending dy but for some reason did not complete the downswing to the y.
That would be my guess too, the final c-shape is exactly what is needed to become EVA-y. Maybe this supports the idea that some glyphs are positional variants, in the sense that the downward stroke may have been seen as "extra". It's hard to draw any conclusions from these few examples though.