Talk:John Chadwick

Became petulant
Chadwick became petulant when it was pointed out that one symbol can stand for 70 different syllables in his alleged decipherment of Linear B. This means that three symbols can stand for 343,000 words. The extreme vagueness would have made the script impossible to read, anciently. For instance, "pate" can stand for Greek "pater" and Greek "pantes", meaning "father" and "all". Chadwick quoted the ipse dixit of various universities as proof that Ventris was right. The supposed decipherment was attacked by Beattie and Grumach. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.79.29.112 (talk) 13:49, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

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