VMs: Curse of the Voynich

[elvogt@xxxxxxxxxxx]

... There we go, it's like deja vu all over again:

Step 1.: Find an astonishingly simple approach to solve the VM

"Hey, perhaps it's latin letters, after all!"

Step 2.: Achieve initial success

"I found the word 'daiin' on the web, completely unrelated to the VM. Can 
anybody tell me what it means?"

Step 3.: Refine your theory (ie, add some twists to fit it to the VM)

"Perhaps it's some mongol-tartar mixture of an unknown dialect with prefixes 
spoken backwards."

Step 4.: Thereby, produce some translated phrases and establish that the VM is 
really composed only of a number of roots with various endings. Thus, set the 
theme of the VM.

"'Qochedy' is a previously unknown deity of Southern Polynesia. This proves 
that there was a link between Polynesia and the Mongols. My translation of one 
paragraph goes 'Qochedy goes hill hill walked naked in Qochedy. Was Qochedy 
hill? Oh, go God of Qochedy, hill hill walked naked!' The VM is really about a 
polynesian pediatrist in the Himalaya."

Step 5.: Expect to be ridiculed.

Step 6.: Retire bitterly.

Does it happen to _everyone_ who stays in touch with the VM too closely...?

   Elmar


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