Re: Stop the insanity

Yes, you are mad.

So am I, but I keep myself in the "let us prove that IE was a real
language in a real place spoken by a real people at a real place in
time".

Your theory makes it hopelessly hypothetical.

--- In cybalist@..., "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...> wrote:
> Mark O:
> >Umm, Joseph. Glen is slightly mad, i.e., he's into Nostratic and
only
> >incidentally Indo-European.
>
> Yes, of course, I'm mad. My apologies. Clearly we should embrace
> this FinnoUgric-Hurrian-Etruscan relationship that our talented
> Joseph speaks of and ignore all that mainstream nonsense like
IndoEuropean
> or proper non-Greenbergian methodology. This new
> FinnoUgric-Hurrian-Etruscan superfamily is quite superior to
> the Nostratic theory that has only been evolving for a century
> now. Informing oneself properly on these subjects just takes too
> much time in this complex world of french fries and Hollywood
> movies.
>
> Now, how might I be "incidentally into" IndoEuropean, Mark? Somehow
> because I find Nostratic to be the most appealing of long-range
> theories means that I can only be vaguely familiar with
> IndoEuropean? You must be pulling my leg again and forgetting
> to add smileys where appropriate... It's not nice to tease.
>
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> >--- In cybalist@..., "Joseph S Crary" <pva@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Glen
> > >
> > > apology given
> > >
> > > because I thought you knew enough about the chronology and
> > > archaeological material culture of the regions you were
discussing,
> > > to understand the question, or for that mater form an opinion
> > >
> > > If you find my statements or questions confusing, again I
apologize
> > >
> > > Still I don't understand why you're devising a theory about an
> > > extinct language group, that hypothetically occupied a large
region,
> > > when the only solid evidence comes from a very much smaller
> > > district...
> > >
> > > ...unless you broaden your search?
> > >
> > > JS Crary
> >
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