Re: [tied] Re: Albanian = Illyrian (1)

17-11-03 22:51, Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> Look, Piotr, I know that you will keep your position, to use one
> Slavic idiom, like "pijan plota" and really I am tired from yours
> constant objections with and without any arguments.

With AND without? I've presented quite a few good arguments against
Vlorë being an inherited name, and I have refuted your claim that st >
sht, loss of unstressed initial vowels and the reduction of -rkt- > -rt-
prove that the Illyrian names under discussion MUST have been
transmitted continuously from Illyrian to Albanian. Am I being
obstinate, or are you? You wanted counterarguments -- well, here they are.

> I will beg Chris,
> if he agree, to continue our discussion on his Forum, where such kind
> of themes are very common. I hope we will have also the help of one
> of the best scholar in this issue, Mr. Xavier Delamarre.

Go ahead, by all means. But remember that logic is the same wherever you go.

Piotr