Re: [tied] Re: A New language tree

At 6:58:23 PM on Saturday, May 7, 2005, mkelkar2003 wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tolgs001"
> <st-george@...> wrote:

>> mkelkar2003 wrote:

>>>The Sanskrit system could be and inmho IS the origina.

>> Does Sanskrit contain elements of Kartvelian, Semitic and
>> Turkic origin?

> The Sanskrit system is the original PIE system; no
> relation to Semitic and Turkic.

> "the three grade abluat (=vowel gradation) in Sanskrit (a
> real language!) seems much more convincing than the five
> grade one proposed by indoeuropeanist (paranthesis added,
> Kazanas, 2004)."

> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Karl+Popper&btnG=Google+Search

I had intended to waste no more time on this nonsense, but I
can't resist pointing out that a page of results from a
Google search on <Karl Popper> is not likely to be the
source of the quotation. The correct reference is

<http://www.omilosmeleton.gr/english/documents/SPIE.pdf>.

I was especially amused by the author's absurd claim that
labio-velars are unpronounceable. More important, he
clearly has no understanding of how science is conducted.

Brian