Piotr wrote
> There is really no need to "decipher" Etruscan or Lydian, let alone
any Greek texts. They have already been deciphered by competent
scholars. Etruscan and Lydian are difficult to interpret because the
surviving documents are short and contain a restricted register of
words, but otherwise there's nothing mysterious about these
languages. Take this advice from a brother Slav: if you continue like
this you'll make yourself the laughing-stock of this list.
>
This really is a strange phenomenon, people "deciphering" Etruscan on
their own. I often get into arguing matches with a group pf people on
an Arthurian studies newsgroup who have, in addition to discovering
the "true" king Arthur, also (for the first time) accurately
deciphered Etruscan! Apparently, everyone has gotten it wrong so far!
Check out their site for a laugh (click on the Celtic cross for other
articles by them):
http://www.kingarthur.fsnet.co.uk/etruscan.htmicles by them).
-Chris Gwinn