Re[8]: [tied] Economic analysis of Indian History: meaning of Aryan

At 12:53:41 AM on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, kishore
patnaik wrote:

> Scot,

> Yes, your assumption is right wrt the semantics.

> I repeat I have used the word cognates, knowing fully well
> the meaning of the word. [...]

Which amounts to saying that you deliberately misused it.

The initial mistake wasn't a big problem; your continued
defense of it is another matter.

> Your refusal to help me is laughable to say the least.

Actually, I didn't refuse.

> I can not see how discussion of economic meanings of a
> word has something to do with my basic or otherwise
> knowledge of linguistics.

It's a matter of basic courtesy. The primary focus of the
list is (Indo-European) linguistics. What's more, your
question is a linguistic question. Deliberate refusal to
learn the most basic linguistic terminology or to use it
correctly is therefore discourtesy, plain and simple.

(Others may be feeling more generous, which is fine, but I'm
afraid that my reservoir of good will was seriously depleted
by that Maya nonsense.)

Brian