Re: This is not a conlang and VOYNICH

Steg Belsky scripsit:

> A recent article in Wired Magazine interviewed someone who said that he
> proved it's all gibberish:
>
> http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/rugg.html?pg=1
Despite what it says in the _Wired_ article, Voynichologists in
general don't accept his results: they prove too little or too much.
Yes, Voynichese can be generated by fairly simple mechanical means
(the grilles) *if* you use enough of them.  So could Classical Chinese
text, unfortunately.  The methods Rugg actually uses are debunked briefly at
http://www.voynich.nu/solvers.html (search on the page for "Rugg").

http://www.voynich.nu is a good starting point for people interested in
the VM.  There's a mailing list archived at http://www.voynich.net .

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