# Fournet 2010: A linguist's comment on 'Pictish symbols revealed as a written language through application of Shannon entropy'

> Arnaud Fournet, 2010. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. A published critique of the 2010 claim.

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# A linguist's comment on 'Pictish symbols revealed as a written language through application of Shannon entropy'

Arnaud Fournet, 2010. _Proceedings of the Royal Society A 467(2126), 305-308_.

Argues that linearising the carvings and the features of archaic writing systems may bias the entropy test, that the writing and drawing distinction is less clear-cut than assumed, and that the conclusion remains pending.

**Pictish symbol stones** Articledoi: **[10.1098/rspa.2010.0189](https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2010.0189)** Checked against the original0

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A published critique of the 2010 claim.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Linearising carvings into strings and archaic-script features may bias such tests.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/pictish-symbols/evidence/EVD0CQHAMET3VHX/linearising-carvings-into-strings-and-archaic-script)

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## Cite it

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Fournet, A. (2010). A linguist's comment on 'Pictish symbols revealed as a written language through application of Shannon entropy'. Proceedings of the Royal Society A 467(2126), 305-308. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2010.0189
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