From: Rick McCallister
Message: 55477
Date: 2008-03-18
> It was an observation not a criticism per se.____________________________________________________________________________________
>
> I have nothing against enlightened nationalism.
>
> I am not a bigot; I do not disseminate propaganda.
>
> I understand more about 'laryngeals' than Saussure
> ever could and so do we
> all because of the research that has gone on since
> he proposed his ideas.
>
> His theory enabled us to understand what was
> observed in Hittite
> particularly.
>
> But he was right and he was wrong. Right that there
> was a now not visible
> consonantal element that affected the length of
> vowels; but wrong when he
> thought it 'colored' vowel quality.
>
> The present 'larnygeal' is a theory that is more
> like a sieve than a bowl
> because it has so many weaseling exceptions.
>
> It is simply wrong; and no less a personage than
> Winfred Lehmann encouraged
> me to continuing developing ,y alternative
> explanation for the phenomena.
>
>
> Patrick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:Re: Re: Re: [tied]
> Latin -idus as from dH-
> too
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Patrick Ryan
> >
> > And you are a nationalistic Frenchman.
> >
> > My scholar - right or wrong!
> >
> > Patrick
> > ========================
> >
> > As mentioned by Rick
> > Saussure is Genevois (not French)
> >
> > The next point is
> > My country - right or wrong
> > is English motto
> >
> > As regards French motto, it'd more
> > My country - most often wrong.
> >
> > But you may be too bigoted to
> > understand that citing somebody
> > is not necessarily propaganda.
> >
> > Considering your dinosaur-age approach
> > to laryngeals, it might help if you read him
> > as a first step toward present time.
> >
> > Arnaud
> >
> > ==================
> >
> >
>