From: Rick McCallister
Message: 52732
Date: 2008-02-12
> At 10:54:12 PM on Monday, February 11, 2008, kishore____________________________________________________________________________________
> patnaik
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Btw, while I do not want to start off another
> round of
> > discussion on Arthur but I can not resist the
> layman's
> > urge to see that (M) Aruthi(r) (another name of
> Hanuman,
> > an ape man of Rmn, known for his super natural
> strength)
> > and Arthur are at least phonetic cognates.
>
> Even a layman ought to know the meaning of 'cognate'
> and
> realize that 'phonetic cognate' makes no sense.
> Perhaps you
> mean that you think them phonetically similar; that
> is at
> least a meaningful statement, albeit one that
> implies a very
> generous notion of similarity on your part.
>
> Brian
>
>
>