Re[4]: [tied] Re: Albanian, Romanian & Italian phonologic systems

At 13:30:34 on Monday, 2 February 2004, alex wrote:

> Brian M. Scott wrote:

>> At 11:20:13 on Monday, 2 February 2004, Miguel Carrasquer
>> wrote:

>>> Come to think of it, Spanish has /r/ and /rr/. It has two
>>> lateral phonemes, and it has /T/ and /D/ too, like
>>> Albanian. Can the TRUTH BE that Spanish Phonetic System is
>>> much closer to Albanian Phonetic System??? This GREAT
>>> similarity could only be explained by a GENETIC LINK!

>> Only an IGNARROGANT could doubt it! <g>

> Well, the vocalic system of Alb. has all Rom. vowels + two
> of its own. It happens Alb. consonant system has all Rom.
> consonants plus some more of its own.

> What is the matter about arrogant or ignorant here? What
> should speak against a certain very close relationship
> here between the both phonetic systems? From what Marius
> showed, nothing. So, then why finding so funny that?

> Arrogance is there where one is comparing only two points
> on a whole scala and this someone alows himself to make
> jokes about. It should ought to be sad of such reaction.

Actually, it was a joke intended for Miguel alone, but I
forgot to change the address. It won't make sense unless
you've read some of the lunatic postings of one 'grapheus'
in sci.lang and recognize the imitation of his style.

Brian