Re[4]: [tied] Economic analysis of Indian History: meaning of Aryan

At 11:52:18 PM on Monday, February 11, 2008, kishore patnaik
wrote:

> I have used the phrase phonetic cognates very consciously
> - the words are cognates to the extent of phonetics and
> hope fully " little more".

I'm afraid that you're simply confirming that you don't
understand the word 'cognate'. If two words are cognate,
they have a common ancestor. It makes no sense at all to
say 'cognate to the extent of phonetics and little more'.

Brian