Re: *a/*a: ablaut

From: Patrick Ryan
Message: 53020
Date: 2008-02-14

I would be kinder.

I think it is a last-ditch defense of a theory that has clay feet.

We will se what Piotr says about what differed among the two *a's.


Patrick


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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] *a/*a: ablaut


> > So now we have *A1 and *A2?
> > > Any idea what distinguished them amongst themselves?
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> > Patrick
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> A1 was a Mexican toxic mushroom
> A2 is grown in Afghanistan.
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> The fiction of two <a> in whatever pre-PIE is
> caused by use of substances
> that medecine advise you not to take.
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> Arnaud
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