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[cvetkakocj@rogers.com]

This difference in Gottscher dialect from what I see in VM is not true. This is also a reason why I assume cvetkakocj@rogers.com is looking too far east.

The VM is not written in Gottscher dialect of German. Besides vocabulary, there is also Slovenian grammar which the VM researchers are pointing out, but are not able to explain. As for the geographical location - why should Slovenia be too far east? It is true that Germans colonized part of Slovenia, namely Gotche, and that nobility (even Slovenian nobility) spoke German, but the population at large spoke Slovenian. As a matter of fact, Slovenian (Carinthian dialect of Slovenian) was also spoken in parts of Switzerland and Germany in the distant past. It goes all the way to the ancient Veneti, who, according to Jordanes, were the same as Wends and Slavs. Up to the mid-15th century, Slovenian language was used in installation of Carinthian princes and dukes.
How did the Gottscher dialect come into the VM discussion in the first place. Gotscher is not the same as Dolenjska dialect of Slovenian language. Gottschers  were the German colonists who inhabited a few villages around the present day Kočevje and spoke their German language.
Was there any other German word on which the assumption is made that the language of the VM is German? I can list at least 150 recognizable Slovenian words in different grammatical forms. Can somebody else match that?