Re: VMs: evidence against line transposition

[Wayne Durden <wdurden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I just thought it was an amusing sentence that could be read in multiple
> ways, none of them impolite. :-)
> 
It was amusing and I suppose it is I who was impolite.
> 
> Even though Voynichese appears repetitive on the surface, that doesn't mean
> that it's boring -  rather, that its interesting contents have probably
> been cleverly disguised. :-)
> 
> If I'm holding a coffee mug, what makes you so sure I'm not drinking
> champagne from it? :-o
> 
I agree, one can't be sure.  Possibilities are infinite.  At some point
probabilities must be used to choose which possibilities to spread ones own
efforts over.  In such cases, I suppose one must rely ultimately upon one's
past experiences to make the choice.  Because I am no crypto expert and
because the vast majority of texts in the world are plaintext and once
translated generally about "boring" content I have made a personal judgment
call.  Actually, I didn't mean boring in the context used, just in the sense
of not being esoteric, secret society-ish.  I probably would assume your
drink was coffee rather than champagne, although when I see someone here at
the beach with a coffee cup at midday where cans are prohibited, I tend to
assume the content is more likely alcoholic than coffee related.
Assumptions can be highly contextual.  That latter assumption also relates
to the age of the holder of the coffee mug.  :)

I sincerely hope that you are fortunate enough to have champagne in the
coffee mug!  Thanks for your thoughts, I honestly was interested in your PCS
supposition.  I diverged after studying many of the plant labels circa f100
and 101 v and r.

Cheers!  WLD

 

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