RE: VMs: RE: word length counts - addendum

["GC" <glenclaston@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nick,

Here's a count of all words in the first 6 quires that contain <dain daiin>.
I find it curious that it is also found as part of a word along with one of
the astrological glyphs on f1r.  Hope this helps.

http://voynich.info/vgbt/xcrptn/8am_8an.pdf

GC

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> Subject: RE: VMs: RE: word length counts - addendum
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>
> Hi GC,
>
> At 01:53 06/07/2003 -0500, GC wrote:
> >I'd bet my bottom dollar that several of the 3-letter combinations map to
> >the word "the".  The problem here is that 8am may mean "the" one
> time, but
> >something else the next.  It's so popular as a stand-alone AND
> as a longer
> >word component that it is impossible for it to mean the same thing all of
> >the time and the text remain a communicator of thought in the form of
> >language.
> >
> >These examples imply a changing system,(or systems).
>
> My chain of reasoning goes like this:
> (1) you'd use a changing system to hide common strings like "the"
> and "and"
> (2) the author appears to have made no attempt to hide dain daiin daiiin
> ...therefore...
> (3) if there is a changing system, dain daiin daiiin probably functions
> outside it
>
> That's why I'm comfortable with it being a separate (perhaps
> steganographic
> apothecary shorthand) system for recording quantities.
>
> Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....
>
>
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