Re: [tied] Research & politics & nationalism

At 9:32:54 PM on Wednesday, December 29, 2004,
david_russell_watson wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "willemvermeer"
> <wrvermeer@...> wrote:

>> I emphatically agree that it is universal. If I mumble
>> indistinctly behind a glass of beer that I have
>> deciphered Linear A and that it is Dravidian, I can
>> virtually count on being lionized in next Saturday's
>> NRC-Handelsblad. It's the structural factor the Wiiiiiiik
>> people thrive on, to mention no others.

> What does "Wiiiiiiik" mean? I've never seen that
> expression before.

Willem is referring to the Finnish linguist Kalevi Wiik.
Merlijn de Smit has a rather devastating summary of his
views and lots of references at
<http://www.geocities.com/isolintu/voodoo.html>.

Brian