[tied] Re: Nostratic's New Guinea Home

--- In cybalist@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:

>
> Steve:
> >Obviously, the interrogative must have preceded the indicative.
> >Unless there are questions, there is no need for answers. :) (<-

humor

> >intended)
>
> So... If women had all the answers and men asked dumb questions,

then

> does that make Steve a woman? (Note the dumb question which proves
> my excessive, and dare I say desirable, manhood.)
>
>
> - love gLeN
>

No, I'm afraid you both got me wrong.

"Huh?" is the first utterance, and thus not only a proto-statement,
but the Ur-Question. The implications of this has been discussed
extensively in the literature, and the general consensus is now that
this proves that the ur-proto-language was Swiss.

Torsten

References
"Die Schweizer - das letzte Uhrvolk Europas?" in
T. Pedersen: Gesammelte Werke, vol X, page Y.