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Old Welsh does have some similarities to the letter patterns (ie double consonants in weird places, essentially the same word with an additional letter thrown in, etc). However, unless I am mistaken I don't remember Welsh texts having so many words that end with the same character (ie the extensive number of words that end in Voyichnese (o, and y)) It would be interesting to see what you have come up with.
****************************** Larry Roux Syracuse University lroux@xxxxxxx ******************************* >>> adam.sparshott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/22/03 03:40AM >>> Very Interesting. I would love to see something further on this. Does Jim Reeds still have the documents and can they be scanned? Regards Adam >===== Original Message From MrTim1000@xxxxxxx ===== >Oops! Sorry, accidently sent it before fully typed. > Hi! > This is in response to G. Landini's statement in Re: VMs:Random Text >Generation: "Try to prove that vms was written in Welsh" > >IT IS! > > I did research into the VMs over 8 years ago, using Welsh as a basis of >attack on the underlying language of the manuscript, and was able to >translate a fair amount of words on two (short) pages (over 10% actually). >Copies of my findings were sent to Yale, and also to Jim Reeds. > Unfortunately, further translations are beyond my means at this time, mainly >due to not having access to comprehensive glossaries of Early Welsh. (Most of >the words in the VMs no longer 'exist' in current usage.) > If you want proof, it will take some time, as I will have to update my >findings to electronic media. (Or have Reeds fax you the copy I sent him. If >he still has it...) > >T.E.Ackerson ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send mail to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxx with a body saying: unsubscribe vms-list |