Re: [tied] Fw: [language-origins] Origin of the Sumerian language

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "juhavs" <juhavs@...> wrote:

> The affinity between the Finns and the Sumerians cannot get any
> closer than this:
>
> http://www.archaeology.org/magazine.php?page=0111/reviews/elvis
>
> http://www.drammondt.com/leven.htm

Great links, Juha. Translating "Blue Suede Shoes" into the language of
a culture that had no "suede", no "shoes" and perhaps no exact
equivalent of "blue" onluy shows that no task is impossible for a man
who wants to do a good job.

> OK, I do wish it would be even closer as much of the Sumerian legacy
> has now been stolen or destroyed...

I don't want to spoil everybody's justified pessimism, but I hope
Sumerology will recover soon. There are ten times as many seals and
tablets in the soil of Mesopotamia as ever came out of it.

Piotr