[tied] Re: Yers

>
> No, no, it's perfectly okay if you say it is indeed true. I was

surprised

> by the word "inscription" and got a suspicion the quoted words

might have

> been edited.

No, the words have not been edited or scholars must have noticed
this. However, I did make a mistake in saying Bulgarians wrote about
themselves (this is true about the Protobulgarian inscriptions, I
mixed them up). The source here are early Byzantine paintings of one
of Bulgarian Khan Krum's battles with Byzantium and of the victories
of Bulgarian Tsar Simeon. The text of the painting (inscription? not
sure on the terms) has the name "bulgari" written clearly with a
stress on the first syllable. (see At. Bozhkov, "Miniatjuri ot
Madridskija rykopis na Joan Skilitsa", Sofia, 1972, picture 9,
picture 31)

That often happens in the study of Greek dialects which are

> basically known fron inscriptions without notation of accents and
> aspirations. Words from such sources are not seldom quoted in normal
> Greek writing and embellished with accents just to finish the job.

I see, but I don't think Bulgarian scholars have been so careless
about archeological findings. It is easy to see, for a scientist, if
something was added later.

It

> demanded a direct question to make sure that was not the case here.

I thank you for the question. It helps make things clear, even to
myself.

Eva