Re: [tied] mereu

27-11-03 23:47, Dr Dan Waniek, MD wrote:

> Statistically, 30% of all indo-european languages taken in pairs do
> show outstanding similarity and an even higher proportion of
> cognates. We expect even better by mere chance !

Dear Irismeister,

You've got it all terribly wrong. _All_ IE languages, when compared,
reveal regular correspondences whose number, pervasiveness and
systematic nature exceed by far anything that might occur by chance.
That's what allows us to identify IE as a language family.

Piotr