Dear Glen and Nostraticists:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
To: <nostratic@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 7:56 PM
Subject: [nostratic] Pat's "RESPONSE"


>
> Pat learns new words:
> >Unlike Bomhard, I will adresss these points of criticism --- even >though
> >they originate from a detestable smart-ass.

[GG]
> You may call me what you like but any bum off the street can
> twist IE to suit their claims. Roots like *bel-, *meley-, and
> *mo-n-u- remain fantasies. There's nothing more to say here.

[PCR]
Well, if we could only hope that you would have "nothing more to say"!

Unfortunately, as I write this, I notice another email from you in the box. I would have preferred your commitment in this email to be valid but then, of course, children have no conception of keeping their words.

As for your usual ignorant remarks:

*bel- can be found on page 96 of Pokorny, and I am certain that he and his collaborators knew more about IE than you ever will.

*meley- is found on page 723 as an implicit component of *meli-t-, 'honey; or is it your auagust opinion that the views of all the greats in IE studies are wrong, and IE roots are not CVC? Or perhaps that *-i does not derive from *-y? Presuming you are entitled to an opinion, a proposition I found ludicrous.

*mo-n-u- is found on page 728 and on page 700. It is there written *monu-s, and I merely indicated the proper segmentation since I am asserting it derives from Nostratic *mo:.

Obviously, you are ONLY capable of scanning Pokorny as well as your other failings.


Pat

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