Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

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From: Brian M. Scott

To: fournet.arnaud

Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 8:29 PM

Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

At 1:06:22 AM on Saturday, September 29, 2007,
fournet.arnaud wrote:

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> English and German were different languages as early as
> - 2500,

This is obviously impossible, both linguistically and
historically.

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A.F :

Obvious impossible !?

For which reasons ?

If it is that much obvious, I suppose you can provide the adequate reasons.

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> if you recalibrate glottochronology erosion rate, to avoid
> having French and Italian split as late as in the XV
> century.

So you substitute one absurdity for another, when the
problem is obviously with glottochronology itself, or at the
very least with the naive version that you're using.

Brian