From: dubbelax
Message: 63699
Date: 2009-03-30
>Do not worry, Rick. "Expressed here" does not mean that I ascribe the idea to you. I do not know the ultimate source and just wanted to say that I am not the author and that there is a person here who mentioned someone else's view. However, I will try to use as neutral citations as possible. You are right - I cannot rely on the resolving power of some optic equipments.
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> --- On Sun, 3/29/09, dubbelax <dubbelax@...> wrote:
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> . . . I can draw your attention to a possible
> > supportive evidence for the original Semitic t_ in
> > "three", namely the Arabic word t_allatun
> > "flock of sheep", which may fit into the idea of
> > counting 1-2-MANY, expressed here by Rick McCallister.
> > However, take the last sentence with reserve :-)
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> I didn't invent "1, 2, many" and I forgot where I read it but don't be surprised if somebody whacks you with your labrys and proclaims "ahhh, Arabic waHad, ithanayn, thalatha --therefore Arabic tha-, thal- must be cognate to English thr- of three and thorp. And then they say you invented that."
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