[tied] Re: PIE's closest relatives

I thought someone said it was an Afro-Asiatic, but not Semitic,
substrate in Northern Europe that were dealing with here? SO, Glen,
do you personally see a Semitic or Afro-Asiatic sub-strate possibly
in Northern and NW Europe?

-Michael

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

> Alexander:
> >If they did it in a large scale (large enough to become a

substrate to

> >other
> >languages) we just would know this. Minoan culture is very special

and

> >distinctive. When somebody meets a Minoan artefact (say, in Egypt

or

> >Ugarit)
> >no doubt about the origin of that thing arises.
>
> Sure, but the issue is how Semitic substrate would have gotten to

Europe.

> I mentioned the Minoans. Think of the Minoans like the United

Federation of

> Planets. So you got your Humans, your Klingons, your Vulcans,

Romulans,

> Ferengi, etc, etc. all coming to a station at the edge of a

wormhole called

> Deep Space Nine. Think of Deep Space Nine as the Western

Mediterranean.

>
> So like the Federation of Planets, the Minoans are really a

conglomerate of

> various cultures such as West Semites, Egyptians and Myceneans.

Who's to

> say that a significant number of _Semites_ didn't use the Minoan

thalassic

> portal to escape to the edge of the gamma quadrant where the

shapeshifting

> Basque dominion resided.
>
> If anything can be gained from this, at the very least accept the

cute

> Gene Roddenbury plot :)
>
>
> = gLeN
>
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