Re[2]: [tied] Uralic Loanwords in Germanic

At 4:48:26 PM on Thursday, February 4, 2010, stlatos wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott"
> <BMScott@...> wrote:

>> Next time you respond to a year-old message, at least have
>> the courtesy to give a link;

> The previous messsages in the thread can be seen on the
> website; look at the links below the message.

I don't normally read Cybalist via the web site. I dislike
web interfaces.

>> Yes, it was an obvious joke, for reasons that have
>> nothing at all to do with the word itself; apparently
>> you're as inattentive as Arnaud was. Look at the
>> original post, which you will find at
>> <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/62491>;
>> in particular, note the last line before the signature.

> I know it was meant as a joke; [...]

Then why did you ask whether I considered it an obvious
joke? It should have been perfectly obvious that I did.
(Don't bother to answer; I frankly don't care.)

> Arnaud merely wanted an explanation of the -e-e instead of
> -(a)-a [...]

Which was silly of him, since the explanation is obvious.
(So far as I can recall, not even he thought that Finnish
was IE.)

>> You have no idea what I believe about them:

> Yes, hence my question.

You didn't ask a question. You wrote:

Did you also consider the first reply an obvious joke,
since you don't believe they're related by borrowing?

That contains an assertion that I don't believe that they're
related by borrowing. If you think otherwise, your grasp of
English syntax is defective.

Brian