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ch and sh as dual-function elements - Labyrinthinesecurity - 13-05-2026
Working on the recipe section (folios 103r–116r), we found that ch and sh appear to carry two independent signals simultaneously.
The first is paragraph-level structure. A logistic regression using ch/sh-based features predicts tail vs no-tail paragraphs at balanced accuracy 86%, confirmed by within-folio permutation testing.
The second is folio-level language. The ratio of (ch sh)o-type words predicts which Currier language a folio belongs to with ~99% accuracy manuscriptwide, even though all recipe folios are Currier B. The cho/che balance appears to encode a stable folio-level property operating above the paragraph.
The key thing is that these two signals are orthogonal.
RE: ch and sh as dual-function elements - tavie - 13-05-2026
RE: ch and sh as dual-function elements - oshfdk - 13-05-2026
RE: ch and sh as dual-function elements - Bluetoes101 - 13-05-2026
RE: ch and sh as dual-function elements - Koen G - 14-05-2026
RE: ch and sh as dual-function elements - Labyrinthinesecurity - 14-05-2026
RE: ch and sh as dual-function elements - oshfdk - 14-05-2026