Re[2]: [tied] Re: Mitanni and Matsya

At 2:15:55 PM on Sunday, April 6, 2008, Patrick Ryan wrote:

> From: "david_russell_watson" <liberty@...>

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

>>> Scholars love to quibble over quaint differences but
>>> remember the impetus for Nostratic in the first place
>>> was the idea of a relationship between PIE and PS
>>> (Møller).

>> "Scholars" are going to have to quibble over that at
>> Nostratic-L or some place else, because the whole subject
>> is strictly off-topic here.

> If you were a moderator, I would probably retire from the
> list.

> Quit speaking for them; you are not entitled to do so.

He is correct. He has already quoted for you the relevant
section of the list's rules:

Since this list is devoted to Indo-European studies, the
discussion of extraneous or too general topics (e.g. other
language families, the origin of language, long-range
comparison etc.) will be discouraged. There are other
lists where subjects like general linguistic, Nostratic
studies, anthropology, etc., may be discussed more
profitably.

Nostratic studies are off-topic.

Brian
speaking as moderator