Re: Proper methodology (was: RE: [tied] Re: Mother of all IE langua

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 03:34:47 +0000, Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

>Richard:
>>[...] Miguel argues in [...] that 'thou' and 'you' are themselves cognate);
>
>And if you believe that I have some property to sell you in Moose Jaw.
>The words *tu and *yus are different, unrelated words in most, if not
>all, published texts concerning IE. Miguel's theory is solely his own.
>
>Anyone can play phonetic games and come up with convenient
>"dissimilatory processes" to get rid of the *t that is "supposed" to be
>there because of a groundless, preconceived notion. "Supposed" by
>whom? Not by me.

False. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pieml/message/734

GG> Yes, 2pp *-te lacks the expected plural in *-s. My conclusion
GG> so far is that the *-s dropped off at a time when the *-s was
GG> still *-t. At that stage, the 2ps would have been *-tet.
GG> Dissimilation would have caused *-te. It's not quite haplology
GG> but something similar.


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