VMs: Re: DIE WELTWOCHE

["Mark Perakh" <perakh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, all! I have been silent for a long while but I am still lurking in the
background and watching whatever is going on among the steadfast
Voynichists. I noticed that Christoph is at Russian studies at Harvard, so
probably he speaks (or at least reads) Russian. If that is so, I'd like to
inform him (and whoever else may be interested) that my article in Russian
about the Vms has been accepted for publication in the Kontinent journal,
which is being published in Moscow.  It was supposed to be in No 108, but
for unknown reasons was postponed. The editor has recently asssured me that
the article will be published in one of the forthcoming issues, but he did
not specify in which. Regarding Christoph's questions, my co-author in the
Letter Serial Correlation method, Brendan McKay, is prone to think VMs is a
hoax, which view I do not share. I share, though, (although not fully)
Frogguy's view, expressed many months ago in a private message that Vms may
never be deciphered.  I view the Chinese-Vietnamese version quite doubtful
for obvious reasons. The interest to Vms is born out of curiosity which is a
feature of human nature, the same which is the engine of all sciences. Best
to all! Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christoph Neidhart" <neidhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Voynich Ms. mailing list" <voynich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 6:24 PM
Subject: VMs: DIE WELTWOCHE


> Hello --
>
> I'm preparing a feature for the leading Swiss weekly DIE WELTWOCHE
> on the Voynich-ms. Here are a few questions to the list:
>
> 1. Do people out there think a solution is imminent? Where will it come
> from?
>
> 2. How do people one get hooked on the Voynich? I saw some notions
> of terrible addiction.
>
> 3. The list seems to be in a lull; does that mean people are frustrated?
>
> 4. How serious is the research that has been done lately?
>
> 5. Are there people out there who still think the ms. is a hoax?
>
> 5. Some people seem to lean toward the idea that its language is a
> monosyllabic East-Asian language such as Chinese or Vietnamese; what
> are the arguments and counter-arguments?
>
> 6. Does the Voynich-community ever meet in the real world, or is this
solely
> an Internet-community? How many people are involved in the deciphering
> on a regular basis? Are you friends?
>
> Thank you very much for any reply
> Best
>
> Christoph Neidhart
> Visiting Scholar
> Davis Center for Russian Studies
> Harvard University
>
>
>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christoph Neidhart" <neidhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Voynich Ms. mailing list" <voynich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 6:24 PM
Subject: VMs: DIE WELTWOCHE


> Hello --
>
> I'm preparing a feature for the leading Swiss weekly DIE WELTWOCHE
> on the Voynich-ms. Here are a few questions to the list:
>
> 1. Do people out there think a solution is imminent? Where will it come
> from?
>
> 2. How do people one get hooked on the Voynich? I saw some notions
> of terrible addiction.
>
> 3. The list seems to be in a lull; does that mean people are frustrated?
>
> 4. How serious is the research that has been done lately?
>
> 5. Are there people out there who still think the ms. is a hoax?
>
> 5. Some people seem to lean toward the idea that its language is a
> monosyllabic East-Asian language such as Chinese or Vietnamese; what
> are the arguments and counter-arguments?
>
> 6. Does the Voynich-community ever meet in the real world, or is this
solely
> an Internet-community? How many people are involved in the deciphering
> on a regular basis? Are you friends?
>
> Thank you very much for any reply
> Best
>
> Christoph Neidhart
> Visiting Scholar
> Davis Center for Russian Studies
> Harvard University
>
>
>