Re: [tied] West bird

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
wrote:

>
> On 2006-02-03 10:29, tgpedersen wrote:
>
> > Frankly, Piotr, why are you using this type of shut-up-I-know-

better

> > statement as argument? It doesn't cut any ice with me.
>
> It was far from my intention to argue "ab auctoritate". I merely

wanted

> to point out to you that the Chinese "dog" word and its

hypothetical

> connections have already been discussed here.

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>As somebody who has
> actually studied Old Chinese, is up to date with the latest news

in the

> field, and knows more than either of us about Sino-Tibetan

historical

> linguistics, Guillaume certainly deserves to be taken seriously,

so your

> irony is misplaced.

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The above does not constitute an appeal to authority? I'm as willing
as anybody to consider a good argument, but the quote you provided
was devoid of any. And where did you get the idea I was being ironic?


Torsten