At 3:30:14 PM on Wednesday, April 16, 2008, stlatos wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan"
> <proto-language@...> wrote:
[...]
>> All these long unexplained lists in your message! What do
>> they prove?
> What do you mean by 'unexplained'? I've given lists of
> hundreds of rules before.
Yes, you have. Do you really think that anyone else has
learnt them? Perhaps Piotr retains a general mental
outline, but I'd be very much surprised if anyone else
retained even that much. You're using a non-standard
reconstruction of PIE phonology, your own notation, and
a somewhat non-standard philosophy of reconstruction (that
I, at least, find both unattractive and unconvincing). As
Piotr once suggested:
You should try to publish your ideas in a systematic way
for easier reference. They are scattered over hundreds of
postings and that often makes it difficult to evaluate and
discuss your proposals.
Brian