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scottrupe_1 · Joined:Mon 29 Jun 2009 6:51 am Posts:10 Location: Oklahoma

There are three things I have questions about:

Can an undeciphered writing system be deciphered by enough (or even one) dedicated people?
How are some scripts meanings lost and some retained (when they are basically the same age)?
How can we not have figured out Linear A in the 180 years since we discovered Mycenae?

linguoboy · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 9:02 am Posts:1001

scottrupe_1 wrote:

How can we not have figured out Linear A/Linear B in the 180 years since we discovered Mycenae?[/list]

Where have you been? Linear B was deciphered over fifty years ago by the Classical scholars Michael Ventris and John Chadwick. Chadwick even published a book called The decipherment of Linear B in 1958.

scottrupe_1 · Joined:Mon 29 Jun 2009 6:51 am Posts:10 Location: Oklahoma

linguoboy wrote:

scottrupe_1 wrote:

How can we not have figured out Linear A/Linear B in the 180 years since we discovered Mycenae?[/list]

Where have you been? Linear B was deciphered over fifty years ago by the Classical scholars Michael Ventris and John Chadwick. Chadwick even published a book called The decipherment of Linear B in 1958.

Yes I realize that I didn´t realize that when I posted.

linguoboy · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 9:02 am Posts:1001

scottrupe_1 wrote:

Yes I realize that I didn´t realize that when I posted.

Pays to do the reading first.

scottrupe_1 · Joined:Mon 29 Jun 2009 6:51 am Posts:10 Location: Oklahoma

Yes it does, or you feel really, really stupid (even when you are not.) But the mistake doesn't take away from my question. If Linear A is related to Linear B and Linear B is deciphered, how come Linear A has not been? Are they far enough removed from one another for Linear B not to help or were they used for different languages or what? (Or maybe they're just thought to be related.)

VROOR · **Posted:** Sun 22 Nov 2009 6:33 pm

scottrupe_1 wrote:

If Linear A is related to Linear B and Linear B is deciphered, how come Linear A has not been? Are they far enough removed from one another for Linear B not to help or were they used for different languages or what? (Or maybe they're just thought to be related.)

You do have a very strong argument presented. Indeed, too many errors are made by men merely subscribed to the mistake of "thought to be related".

slfrank67 · Joined:Thu 13 Aug 2009 1:25 pm Posts:1

How about the writing from the Codex Seraphinianus and the Voynich manuscripts..

by the way if anyone has a copy of one or both of these books and is looking to throw it out (unlikely) feel free to pm me- I will pay for shipping! haha

Delodephius · **Posted:** Mon 30 Nov 2009 1:55 am

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Yes it does, or you feel really, really stupid

Not really. :mrgreen: