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Another Possible Voynich Breakthrough
bmearns writes "Over the past few weeks we've been hearing a lot about a possible breakthrough in decoding the infamous Voynich manuscript, made by a team of botanists who suggested that the plants depicted in the manuscript may have been from the New World and the mysterious writing could be a form of an Aztec language. But the latest development comes from linguist Stephen Bax, of Bedfordshire University, who believes he has identified some proper names (including of the constellation 'Taurus') in the manuscript and is using these as a crib to begin deciphering the rest of the text, which he believes comes from the near east or Asia."
It says "Be Sure to Drink Your Ovaltine"...
...yet another researcher reports their findings that one of the Rorschach inkblots may definitely be a picture of a face...
This guy just looked at the pictures, found a few he thinks he knows, and assumed the text with some similarity MUST BE IT.
"He said he had managed to find the word for Taurus, alongside a picture of seven stars (seen as part of the zodiac constellation of Taurus)"
Up next he'll find the word "leaf" next to a picture of a leaf, and the word "copyright" on the last page...
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Anyone who's ever read documentation written by an engineer should immediately realize that the Voynich Manuscript is the user's guide for the Antikythera Mechansim.
My friend Debbie Ann is so promiscuous, instead of an appointment book she needs a package manager
So, you have a theory, right, and it has a spout?
I'm a little theory Short and stout Here's my handle Here's my spout.