MCV said ... Actually, the bull and his feminine-gendered herd makes a rather good explanation, provided one sees the (post-Anatolic) PIE-speakers being into...
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Joesph S Crary
pva@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:53 pm
Chris One look at my name should tell you I know the difference between P- and Q-Celt. I've lived my life with having my last name mispronounced. It's said...
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Joesph S Crary
pva@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:34 pm
Also here are several additional references P CORNELI TACITI DE ORIGINE ET SITV GERMANORVM [Chapter 37] Eundem Germaniae sinum proximi Oceano Cimbri tenent,...
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:31 pm
On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 18:10:37 -0400, "Christopher Gwinn" ... Seconded. ======================= Miguel Carrasquer Vidal mcv@......
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:21 pm
On Mon, 02 Apr 2001 17:58:42 , "Glen Gordon" ... Yes. The collective is not a plural. Neither is it a dual. And I don't even believe collective *-(e)h2 has...
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:21 pm
On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 20:33:26 +0200, "Piotr Gasiorowski" ... Most likely a borrowing from Celtic *ártos "bear", with loss, in Basque, of the final vowel...
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Christopher Gwinn
sonno3@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:16 pm
Joseph, It is not necessary for you to quote Caesar (which do not support your arguments the way that you believe them to) - I would imagine that the majority...
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Christopher Gwinn
sonno3@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:14 pm
Concerning the last post on the Ainu, and the uncalled for and disgusting insults against Piotr: Can the moderator please dump this idiot Longgren (Cyril, are...
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Joesph S Crary
pva@...
Apr 2, 2001 9:58 pm
More... C IULIUS CAESAR DE BELLO GALLICO LIBER I [Chapter 1] Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui...
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Joesph S Crary
pva@...
Apr 2, 2001 9:56 pm
Here are a few source references HERODOTUS HISTORIES BOOK 4 [Chapter 11] esti de kai allos logos*echôn hôde, tôi malista legomenôi autos proskeimai,...
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...
Apr 2, 2001 7:05 pm
On Mon, 02 Apr 2001 01:57:35 , "Glen Gordon" ... I thought you were opposed to **-nC > *-rC. In which case, you really mean *wat:r/*wet:ar + -x ? ...
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Piotr Gasiorowski
gpiotr@...
Apr 2, 2001 6:33 pm
... From: longgren@... To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [tied] Digest Number 401 ... The "badger" word in...
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Glen Gordon
glengordon01@...
Apr 2, 2001 5:58 pm
... Alright, slight technicality - not a major one though. I'll try to remember to say "collective" *-x from now on then to tickle the fancy of linguists. ... ...
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Glen Gordon
glengordon01@...
Apr 2, 2001 5:50 pm
... Etrange. Et [le(?) ariko] me choque egalement. Moi, je n'ai jamais rendu compte de cette prononciation au pluriel. On apprend toujours quelque chose... ......
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Glen Gordon
glengordon01@...
Apr 2, 2001 5:49 pm
... Correction: It should be *wat:r/*wet:arx (or earlier *wat:n/*wet:anxe) and not *wat:n/*wet:arx. Stupid me. - gLeN ...
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João S. Lopes Filho
jodan99@...
Apr 2, 2001 5:10 pm
It's just a guess, but I think that Nordic people are pre-Indo European. And I think it's more likely that Neanderthals were blue-eyed blond rather than...
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Joesph S Crary
pva@...
Apr 2, 2001 4:41 pm
Sorry I've been on the run lately and did not proof my earlier posts. Had time to review a disk copy today and realized what a mess it was. Here it is again......
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longgren@...
Apr 2, 2001 4:30 pm
This is a little off-topic, but I would like to say a few words about Dené-Caucasian. It is true that this macro-family is somewhat speculative. Merritt...
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Piotr Gasiorowski
gpiotr@...
Apr 2, 2001 1:22 pm
I said "collective", not "plural", since the *-h2 [-x] was originally a collective-forming suffix. Inanimates had no plural number proper in terms of...
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Guillaume JACQUES
xiang@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:41 am
La liaison ratee du h aspire est un des phenomenes les plus amusants de ma langue maternelle, et ce serait dommage de s'en priver. J'ignorais que l'Academie...
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Guillaume JACQUES
xiang@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:41 am
What causes blond hair and blue eyes? Well, it might be helpful to look at the animal kingdom. One finds some red and golden hair in all climates, but many...
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Piotr Gasiorowski
gpiotr@...
Apr 2, 2001 9:29 am
I hope nobody took my innocent April Fools' Day joke too seriously. But joking apart, h-aspiré is not a monolithic phenomenon in French. Here is what Bernard...
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tgpedersen@...
Apr 2, 2001 7:55 am
... suspected ... But not very loud, I'm afraid. Torsten...
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tgpedersen@...
Apr 2, 2001 7:12 am
... distinction between H muet and H aspiré, and /lezariko/ is now fully legitimate. ... That's great news. I think the Cajuns and the French Creole speakers ...
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Glen Gordon
glengordon01@...
Apr 2, 2001 12:35 am
... Thanx, P. While I do hear "le hero" pronounced /l@? ero/ all the time (and this _is_ the proper pronunciation), I have never heard "les hero" pronounced...
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Glen Gordon
glengordon01@...
Apr 1, 2001 11:12 pm
... No plural *-x? Say wha? Then why do we have *-k^ont-x? Why does the form underlying Greek have *-x following *tri- as if it were used as a plural (<?...
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Glen Gordon
glengordon01@...
Apr 1, 2001 8:25 pm
... Hmm, a somewhat vague response by Piotr who concurs with something but what exactly? But anyways, I have another brilliant flash [Oh no! Not again! This...
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dvj1uk@...
Apr 1, 2001 8:13 pm
... interest. ... Guanches, ... what ... skills. ... the ... by ... is ... more ... are ... (www.zompist.com/numbers.shtml). ... some ... instance ... Yes,...
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Piotr Gasiorowski
gpiotr@...
Apr 1, 2001 5:10 pm
So you haven't heard yet. L'Académie has recently abolished the distinction between H muet and H aspiré, and /lezariko/ is now fully legitimate. Piotr ... ...
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petegray
petegray@...
Apr 1, 2001 4:41 pm
... you say ... I am surprised this has not been contested. Words like haricot with an "aspirated h" are treated as if they began with a consonant: no...
