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Mainly the feel is that it is encrypted (in some fashion) due to several
factors:
1) One would think that if it were a simple substitution cipher (ie EVA "l"
= "s") that someone would have figured it out by now.
2) The statistics show amazing flatness. Usually this is not seen in
known languages
3) Repeated words. While languages do allow words to be repeated (ie
"she is very very pretty" or "vous vous..") we see this too often in the
Voy. Some words are repeated 3 or 4 times consequetively.
4) the words appear strange. some "sentences" are something like
"abcd abed abcde abce"
Not everyone believes it is in some complex cipher. It very well
could be a made-up language, a phonetic kind of writing, or something
else.
In any case, it is encrypted in that it is not plain-text. One
would expect that a document of the timeframe most people believe the ms is
from (1200 - 1600) that we would be able to read it (ie it is probably not
a lost language such as an egyptian dialect or something).
Hope this helps.
****************************** Larry Roux Syracuse University lroux@xxxxxxx ******************************* >>> Graham.Waddingham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 07/29/03 12:30PM >>> Quoting Jeff .. "I cannot explain much more of this yet as I have a lot of work to do to follow up on the data I have gathered so far. When I have a document put together I will be submitting it for scrutiny and criticism. All data, tables and methodology will be explained in full. It is these results that I am trying to elaborate. I believe (hold your breath) that the VMS is NOT encrypted at all in the way that people are thinking. " Just how certain is it that the VMS is encrypted? When I look at it, even though I can't actually read a single word of it, it *looks* like a readable, (maybe even speakable) plaintext language. Graham. ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send mail to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxx with a body saying: unsubscribe vms-list |