Re: hoopoe

Fine. Start where you want.

But label it, and explain what the label comprises.


Patrick

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From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
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Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [tied] hoopoe


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Patrick Ryan
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> WHOA!
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> I said Nostratic not Mandarin.
>
> You cannot jump all over the place and have anything but a monologue.
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> ***
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> I have already stated
> that I don't think much of "Nostratic".
> People who start with the idea
> that PAA is another branch remotely
> cognate to the rest are already astray
> before they made a single step.
>
> Chinese is one of the languages where
> the issue : affricate non affricate is clear.
>
> You cannot ask me to justify
> what I am asserting
> on the basis of another theory
> which I don't endorse.
>
> I'm not jumping all over the place,
> I know where to find
> what I'm looking for.
>
> Arnaud
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