----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 12:38
AM
Subject: Re: [nostratic] Ainu, language
and genetics
Gerry:
>Glen, I really don't understand how you can separate a
person's >genetic
>compostion from his language ability. Your
African-American
>should have a stronger affinity for the language of
his/her ancestral
>home than he does for the English
language.
I've tried to hold back on the ad hominems as long as I could
but
the above is so entirely brainless that it's futile continuing
such
a discussion. Sufficed to say, Gerry, your bizarre views
are
hopelessly antiquated in the realm of modern day ethnology
and
linguistics. Since bilingualism is an obvious reality in
itself,
you're talking through your ass. I'm bilingual - That doesn't
mean
I have two sets of genetics.
Perhaps Glen you have signalled the death knell for
origins of language studies. We have melded so completely in this great
melting pot of ours that searching for origins is a futile
pursuit.
Gerry