Re: [tied] Re: Arminius/Hermann

At 4:32:24 on Monday, 19 April 2004, tgpedersen wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
> <piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:

>> Anyway, the Siggy brothers were Germanic, so if a
>> Germanic etymology is available, it takes precedence over
>> anything more exotic (Ockham).

> The word "exotic" does not appear in any of the versions
> of Occam I've seen.

So? Are you unable to read for sense? This, unlike many
offered here, is a perfectly straightforward application of
Ockham's Razor: to introduce a non-Germanic etymology would
indeed be to multiply entities needlessly.

> You're just restating the your faith in your way of seeing
> it.

No. That was an explanation.

Brian