There's nothing wrong with jesting.  No feathers have been ruffled.
 
Gerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Gordon
To: nostratic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [nostratic] Proposal of a name for a possible family

Gerry:
>Disagree.  We are quibbling about a tiny unrelated fact that could
>be true according to Canadians but in conversations between linguists, I
>think the issue could be resolved.

I was jesting. _You_ were quibbling ;) Sorry to have ruffled your
feathers.