Re: Proper methodology (was: RE: [tied] Re: Mother of all IE langua

Glen Gordon wrote:

> Jens to Miguel:
>> You may have your reasons to posit your original system, but the
>> reasons appear to be alien to Indo-European. Am I right?
>
> If Miguel admits, as he has, that the Hittite, Avestan or Armenian
> forms are supposed to derive directly from Pre-IE forms (???), and to
> insist on this ad
> absurdum, then there is no salvaging his sanity and I have to
> conclude that further debate on this is a complete waste of time for
> both Miguel and I. There can be no value to a debate if every rule of
> IE is contorted to suit the whims of one person's imagination.

Well, it happens I agree with you. My reasons are of other nature, but
when more people see the same curious image of someone trough more
prismas, it must be something there. There is a proverb out somewhere:
there is no smoke without a bit of fire..:-))

> = gLeN
>

Alex