Re: PIE * bhendh-

At 5:41:48 PM on Sunday, January 22, 2012, Tavi wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> <bm.brian@...> wrote:

>>> IMHO, the study of the IE family itself is actually a
>>> case of long-range comparative work.

>> Then you're using the term 'long-range' in a very
>> idiosyncratic way.

> Well, considering the entity commonly called "PIE" isn't
> actually a single language but a conglomerate of several
> different varieties spoken over a wide geographical area
> through a time-span of several millenia,

Exaggeration.

> I think this is fully justified.

Doesn't really matter whether you think so or not, or for
that matter whether you're right: the usage is still
non-standard and therefore not conducive to communication.

Brian