Re: Gemination in Celtic

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anders R. Joergensen" <ollga_loudec@...>
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> > If you maintain that ca-pp-al is an impossible Celtic word,
> > then it's interesting to determine when capal became
> > a possible Irish word.
>
> Most likely when the Irish learned to say /p/...
>
> Anders
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> So *when* was that ?
> M. Joergensen ?
>
> Apart from tautologisms, fuzzinesses and counter-examples,
> what are your proved abilities ?
>
> Arnaud

I think you got that wrong.
The guy who delivers counter-examples is the good guy. He has a white hat.
The guy who demands submission and recognition is the bad guy. He has
a black hat. Too many of them will kill scientific inquiry and make
their country poor.


Torsten