Re: VMs: michiton oladabas explained

[Dario Besseghini <dario@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2003-04-16 at 12:23, Marcin Ciura wrote:
> On 16 Apr 2003, Dario Besseghini wrote:
> > "Sa badalo No Tichim" is a very nice try, but
> > 1) Why should the reversed text begin at the middle of the line?
> 
> Well, it can be "No Tich'im sa b'adalo" as well.

Granted. 

I do not understand what "No" is in your hypothesis.
Would it be an abbreviation of the first name?

> The accents that you can clearly see above A and I
> in the Stolfi's copy of the text impress me a lot.
> Though I'm not a native speaker, it seems to me
> the correct way to write these words in Czech.

Petr Kazil has indeed confirmed the position of the accents. 

> I doubt anyone can _prove_ anything about VMs
> without presenting its full and coherent translation.
> Until this time we have to make guesses,
> hoping that they lead us in the right direction.

On this, I completely agree with you. And I agree with Petr Kazil too,
when he says: 

petr> But it's a very original hypothesis and don't let us 
petr> discourage you ! Keep it up !


> That's why I was asking someone who lives closer
> to a decent library than I do
> to check the Tichys in the "Ottuv slovnik naucny".

Alas, the libraries I live close to do not have it.

Tichy is presently the 52nd most common surname in the Czech Republic.
Look at
http://www.mujweb.cz/www/tichy_marek/Jmena.htm

Greetings
Dario


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