Is there any work or resource where all sequential word repetitions in the VMS are listed? I mean not the "Timm's pairs" or "Jackson sequences" but exact repetitions, like
It occurred to me that these repetitions may be not as strange as they seem if "spaces" in the VMS are not real spaces and the text is to be read sequentially. Thus Voynichese "words" may be identical parts (or encoded parts) of plain text words.
In that case, three repetitions in a row are not weird. For a ready example, consider German "pur Purpur" (which means "pure purple").
Even four repetitions in a row are quite fine. Consider the following example:
"<blah blah> Purpur. Purpur <blah blah>"
Here "Purpur" is the last word of the first sentence and, at the same time, the first word of the second sentence. Because there is no punctuation in a XV century (or earlier) document, "pur" would appear four times in a row.
Let's develop this example further as follows:
"<This colour is called> Purpur. Pur Purpur <is difficult to obtain>"
Here we have "pur" five times in a row. Six times in a row is not difficult:
"<You should use only> pur Purpur. Pur Purpur <is very expensive>"
We can imagine even seven times in a row, if we append some word that begins with "pur", like "purren" or "purzeln".
This is just an example. Probably such examples can be constructed in many languages. This could explain repetitions both in plain text and in cipher, without involving any shuffling.
What do you think? Was this ever considered in this light?
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daiin daiin daiinIt occurred to me that these repetitions may be not as strange as they seem if "spaces" in the VMS are not real spaces and the text is to be read sequentially. Thus Voynichese "words" may be identical parts (or encoded parts) of plain text words.
In that case, three repetitions in a row are not weird. For a ready example, consider German "pur Purpur" (which means "pure purple").
Even four repetitions in a row are quite fine. Consider the following example:
"<blah blah> Purpur. Purpur <blah blah>"
Here "Purpur" is the last word of the first sentence and, at the same time, the first word of the second sentence. Because there is no punctuation in a XV century (or earlier) document, "pur" would appear four times in a row.
Let's develop this example further as follows:
"<This colour is called> Purpur. Pur Purpur <is difficult to obtain>"
Here we have "pur" five times in a row. Six times in a row is not difficult:
"<You should use only> pur Purpur. Pur Purpur <is very expensive>"
We can imagine even seven times in a row, if we append some word that begins with "pur", like "purren" or "purzeln".
This is just an example. Probably such examples can be constructed in many languages. This could explain repetitions both in plain text and in cipher, without involving any shuffling.
What do you think? Was this ever considered in this light?
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