[tied] Re: Indo-European /a/

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <G&P@...> wrote:

> I'm not sure which theory you mean here. Have you moved form PIE /a/
> to laryngeal theory? Because, if you are doubting the existence of
> laryngeals, we need a conversation.

I'm convinced H2 existed (though I question some of its alleged
properties). I see nothing to convince me of H1. It doesn't appear in
Hittite that I can see (except oddly, mehur). Nor am I convinced of H3,
but I'm more likely to believe in that than H1. The theory is elegant,
I'll give you that. But where's the beef?