Re: Sarmatian eggs

When I try to talk about the Indo-Iranians to people unfamiliar
with history or linguistics I refer to the them as the "Arya" and
pronounce it something like the Italian word aria. Most people
miss the connection to the word Aryan and so don't end up thinking
that you're spreading racist propaganda. It also has the advantage,
I think, of being closer to the original pronounciation.
-David

--- In cybalist@..., markodegard@... wrote:
> Us Americans regard that word as semi-taboo, for the obvious
> historical reasons. I realize other languages don't have this
problem,
> but since most of the literature is in English -- American English -
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> what's to be done.
>
> A respelling might be helpful
>
>
> > Shh... Personally, I do the same thing, but don't tell anybody.
> >
> > Piotr
>
> > From: WtsDv@...
> > I personally use the word [Aryans] to refer to the
> Proto-Indo-Iranians since I think that it's pretty clear that this
is
> what they called themselves, but correct me if I'm wrong and some
> other term is preferred.