Re: [tied] Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 50091
Date: 2007-09-26

Gentlemen:
Decorum, s'il vous plait. Let us show the world that
while we may be lunatics, at least we're civilized. I
assume you've all seen the French film King of Hearts
(Roi de coeurs?)???


--- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> fournet.arnaud<mailto:fournet.arnaud@...>
> To:
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: [tied] Renfrew's theory
> renamed as Vasco-Caucasian
>
>
> 
>
> <snip>
> ===================
>
> PIE definitely had four vocalic phonemes :
> /i/ /o/ /u/ and /a=e/.
> You are confusing morphology and
> phonology.
> This avocalic allophone of *w is
> morphology not phonology.
>
> ***
>
> I never fail to wonder at those who
> proclaim such nonsense.
>
> Well, you can persuade me of your view by
> doing something simple:
>
> 1) list 5 PIE verbal roots of the form
> *CiC-;
>
> 2) list 5 PIE verbal roots of the form
> *CuC-.
>
> I will not be holding my breath.
>
> PR
> ***
>
> ==========================
> A.F
> I know what people like you think.
> I think you are so overweeningly convinced
> to be right,
> it is no use giving you any "spiritual
> food".
> You are that kind of dumb hard-hats of
> Indo-Europeanism.
> Fortunately, there are people on this
> forum with whom one may disagree and nevertheless
> hope to achieve some great exchange of (differing)
> views.
>
> Just look at the hundreds of I.E roots
> where -i- alternate with -u-.
> And you will know :
> S-lip versus lub-ricate
> ETC ETC ETC
>
> =======================
>
> ***
>
> This (lack of) answer reveals you
> embarrassingly completely.
>
> You were asked to do something simple if
> your assertions have even a shred of validity:
>
> List 5 each VERBAL roots of the forms *CiC
> and *CuC.
>
> If *i and *u were PIE vocalic phonemes,
> *CVC would appear as *CiC and *CuC.
>
> If you could do it, you would have done
> it!
>
> You ignored the challenge because you
> cannot meet it.
>
> This shows every reader that nothing you
> write should be taken seriously since you do not
> take what you write seriously either.
>
> Patrick Ryan
>
> ***
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