01-03-2004 16:03, mkelkar2003 wrote:
> Ok. Mr.Watson let us try. How do we explain this anamoly?
>
> Some words are lingustically datable to 1500 BCE and yet they
> cleaerly describe a river in PRESENT tense that went dry long ago
> before these words were supposed to be spoken based on the scientifc
> methods of comparitive linguistics which admittedly i dont
> understand.
Perhaps you should make an attempt to understand them before you
disparage them. They are far more coherent than speculation about "the
mighty Sarasvati" dated before 3000 BC, which, as far as I see, is based
on a tendentious interpretation of the text of the Rigveda and a lot of
wishful thinking. If you simply dismiss the linguistic evidence because
you don't grasp linguistic methodology, it's like saying, "Chess is a
stupid game because I can't play it".
> I promise to be calm and rational till i hear a loser
> cry baby "argument" as was offered before (nothing personal Mr.
> Piotr)
Piotr is my first name, and you don't have to "Mr." me anyway. We are
normally on first-name terms here. I have to address you as "mkelkar"
because you haven't introduced yourself. You can find out all that you
need to know about me if you check my yahoo profile:
http://profiles.yahoo.com/caraculiambro
I'd be obliged if you would kindly reciprocate by divulging your name. I
can only guess that it begins with M.
I did my best to help you make sense of the linguistic aspect of the
Sarasvati question. What I get in return is "loser cry-baby". If that's
your idea of how to sound calm and rational, I have little hope for a
fruitful discussion.
> "The unambiguous identification of the
> Vedic <sarasvati:> is difficult, but given the evidence I've seen so
> far
> I wouldn't bet a penny on a river gone dry 3000 BC."
>
> IF i(also) get banend from here we can continue on IC. thanks!
You won't get banned unless you break the rules of this forum. Getting
caught spamming is the surest way, so if you want to send multiple
cross-postings to several lists, avoid making Cybalist one of them.
Piotr