# Scumpup...who or what is he/she? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862 "2018-09-06T06:19:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 81
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862/81 "2019-05-18T01:37:34Z")
> [@Voynich manuscript finally deciphered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voynich-manuscript-finally-deciphered/821113/121): > > The average contributor to this thread has read a few articles about the manuscript on the web and perhaps viewed a video or two. Possibly even looked at the online scan of it. IOW, the average contributor has no claim to any expertise on the topic of translating the thing. Being bilingual means just about jack and shit unless you can prove that one of the languages in which you are fluent is connected with the manuscript.The manuscript may well be a fraud and nonsense, but I enjoy the way it causes lazy pseudo-intellectuals to smugly self-identify. It is invaluable in that respect. Well, whatever it is, 'rhoids or irritable bowel syndrome, it must be acting up again. He’s at it again. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumpup-who-or-what-is-he-she/820862)._