From: tgpedersen
Message: 61761
Date: 2008-11-20
>Universal Reason strikes again.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
> >
> > >> >
> > >> > That particular loan Piotr admitted the possible existence of a
> > >> > long time ago.
> > >> > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/36633
> > >> >
> >
> > The message reads :
>
> > the formal and semantic match betweem PIE *h2jw- and Semitic
> > *h.yw- is striking indeed and may point to ancient borrowing (or
> > to Nostratic inheritance, _if_ there are possible matches in other
> > families).
> > >
> ======
>
>
> > The translation of this mail as supporting the hypothesis of a LW
> > is a distortion and mis-reading of yours.
> > A.
>
> I didn't write 'supports the hypothesis of a loan', but 'admitted
> the possible existence of a loan'.
> Don't distort and misread what I write.
> Torsten
>
> ========
>
> The mail speaks about a "striking" "formal and semantic match"
> which may be explained as an "ancient borrowing" or an
> "inheritance".
> Piotr did not admit any loan,
> He just recognized the existence of a "match".
>
> The hypothesis of a loan is your own interpretation resulting from
> a distortion of the original meaning.
> The original mail is neutral and thru an erroneous rephrasing you
> are trying to make this mail say something different from its
> original meaning.
> You are trying to sell the idea that this word is a loan, when the
> mail only speaks about a striking match.
> The transformation from match into possible loanword is your own
> erroneous interpretation.
> And you keep on truncating the part of the mail that contradicts
> your own interpretation.
>
> Don't distort and misread what other people write.
>
> A.
>
> =============