Juggernaut & Jagannath (was: Meaning of Aryan: now, "white people"?)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

> From: "kishore patnaik" <kishorepatnaik09@...>
> > On Feb 15, 2008 2:56 PM, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> > > On 2008-02-15 10:00, kishore patnaik wrote:

> > > > "Is it possible to prove conclusively with the current scientific
> > > > tools, that Juggernaut is derived from Jagannath? Is it

possible that

> > > > a some what brilliantly logical guy can prove vice versa too??"

> > > What's the purpose of this dumb question?

> > Coming from you, this is indeed a very strong reaction. Is it or

is it

> > not
> > possible to clarify this dumb or otherwise question?

> this is a question that can be answered from any standard reference

book.

No. The question is not 'Is Juggernaut is derived from Jagannath?'.
It is whether this can be *conclusively proved*, a rather different
question. I am sure this example was chosen because the derivation
seems obvious. The rider is because of a fear that apparent proofs
can be adduced for anything.

> To ask him to be your dictionary is not respectful of what real
> contributions he makes on far more complex questions.

Richard.