From: Rick McCallister
Message: 61025
Date: 2008-10-21
> From: Arnaud Fournet <fournet.arnaud@...>Let's take it over to the Nostratic list, then. But keep me in
> Subject: [tied] Re: [cybalist_admin] Re: Pontic and other pre-/para-IE languages
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 9:59 AM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Jarrette"
> <anjarrette@...>
> >> >
> >> > Torsten wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Second, if some "early dialects"
> did not have ablauting roots at
> >> > > > all, then they might be Para-IE
> dialects, but not PIE or IE. I
> >> > > > like to think of PIE as late
> "North Pontic", with the
> >> > > > related "West Pontic"
> giving rise on the one hand to Balkan-
> >> > > > Danubian / East Mediterranean /
> Pre-Greek, on the other to the
> >> > > > LBK and TRB languages; West
> Pontians who stayed at home ended
> >> > > > up as Tripolyeans. But this goes
> beyond the scope of the
> >> > > > present forum.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Torsten, I am fascinated by the ideas you
> have presented here, and
> >> > particularly by the idea of "West
> Pontic" giving rise to Pre-Greek
> >> > (but the others are fascinating too). Could
> you direct me to the
> >> > postings that discuss your ideas? Or
> alternatively could you tell
> >> > me about them now? And what are LBK and TRB
> languages?
> >>
> >> Erh, it's not that I don't find those
> ideas fascinating, but maybe who
> >> you want to discuss thrm with is their author,
> Douglas?
> >>
> >>
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/59918
> >>
> >>
> >> Torsten
> >
> > Sorry, Torsten. I got the quotes wrong, plus I guess
> they sounded
> > similar to different ideas you have presented
> previously. In the
> > meantime, Douglas, if you read this, the above
> comments apply now to
> > you. Where can I find more information on the ideas
> you have
> > presented, mentioned above?
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> ==
> It would be nice to discuss this topic on the main list,
> as I believe this is of common interest
> (with no "administrative" content)
>
> Arnaud