Re[4]: [tied] Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

At 3:53:19 PM on Saturday, September 29, 2007,
fournet.arnaud wrote:

> From: Brian M. Scott

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

>> [...]

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

>> This is obviously impossible, both linguistically and
>> historically.

> Obvious impossible !?

> For which reasons ?

Early attestations of OE, ON, OSax, and OHG are far too
similar to be the result of some three millennia of
divergence; the suggestion can't be taken seriously.

Brian