Re[8]: [tied] Re: Convergence in the formation of IE subgroups

At 3:01:33 PM on Saturday, May 13, 2006, Patrick Ryan wrote:

> From: Brian M. Scott

>>> The burden of proof has been carried by Nostraticists
>>> like Bomhard, for example, whose work you reject without
>>> addressing its arguments with anything but your
>>> prejudices.

>> I do not believe that I have ever expressed an opinion of
>> Bomhard's work.

> Well, why not share your opinion of Bomhard's work with us
> now?

I have none. I am not particularly interested in Nostratic,
frankly. And it's off-topic here anyway.

[...]

> Perhaps you are not aware, Brian, but I am not the only
> amateur or professional historical linguist who entertains
> the idea that very early forms of human language may be
> reconstructed.

I know of no historical linguist who believes any such
thing. In particular, I don't consider Ruhlen a linguist,
but 'a crackpot and a charlatan' (quoting Larry Trask).

[...]

Brian