Re: [tied] Verner’s Law could be a result of interfamilial contact

From: david_russell_watson
Message: 57471
Date: 2008-04-16

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
>
> At 6:17:23 PM on Tuesday, April 15, 2008, mkelkar2003 wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > If Vener's law is contact induced then it cannot be
> > relevant to the reconstruction of PIE. Therefore Grimm's
> > law which it is supposed to explain
>
> No, it isn't.
>
> > cannot be relevant to the reconstruction of PIE. And
> > therefore Germanic langauges also cannot be relevant
> > to the reconstruction of PIE.
>
> This is quite possibly the most moronic sequence of non
> sequiturs I've seen so far this year.

We have at least a hand of such individuals on this list
making such silly noise, whom let's call 'logic impaired'
in lieu of the more tempting 'moron'.

I could say more about this situation, and would like to,
but it's offtopic here, belonging to cybalist_admin.

David