"Curse" or Bird Mirror?

[Bluetoes101]

This is a great and underappreciated piece of writing. Slightly sharp and probably too satyrical for many, but that's okay because you're British.

Thank you, I was worried for a moment that everyone took it as I needed the Voynich-Helpline. 
Though I worry whoever manned the Voynich-Helpline would probably be in most need of a helpline themselves.

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I am the mirror, and the mirror is me; I see myself, and everyone else who sees me, in their mirrors. All the mirrors together are just a single word, lacking all other words—and the bird and the researcher are victims of the one mirror that reflects all the other mirrors.  

Mr. Susan, is that you?

[LiviuV]

[Jorge_Stolfi]

I have often wondered what the longtime members here will do if the Voynich Manuscript is ever successfully translated/deciphered to majority satisfaction.  Will some simply refuse to accept it?

It depends on the nature of the solution.  If it is a simple algorithm that maps Voynichese to a meaningful Latin or German or Basque in the standard spelling for the period, I suppose that most Voynichologists will accept it.  And it will instantly drop public interest in the manuscript to the same level as interest in any other medieval manuscript -- that is, practically zero.

But if it is a messy partial solution, that includes a non-standard language like a Basque-Bavarian dialect, with many spelling errors and unidentified abbreviations, with a non-systematic encoding etc -- something tell me that some people will never accept it, even if it is correct and has substantial evidence.  Or even nobody will accept it. 

All the best, --stolfi

[Bluetoes101]

I've wondered before if I solved it and it was just a bunch of uses for plants or whatnot, would I just leave it be. People get much more out of it being unsolved than that. But then again, an army of people being dispersed upon a list like this might not be a bad thing.. 

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I'd wager once you have the mystery hooks in you, there's no escape.. and plenty to keep you going

[E Lillie]

I have often wondered what the longtime members here will do if the Voynich Manuscript is ever successfully translated/deciphered to majority satisfaction.  

I, for one, would kick myself for not thinking of the solution on my own!