Re: history; culture; amateurs (Re: HORSA vs. EXWA)

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 68888
Date: 2012-03-09

Also note that an amateur is someone who has an interest but knows the limits of his or her proficiency and defers to those who are true professionals. If anyone wrote patent bullshit about Central American Literature, I'd kick their ass from hell to breakfast.

From: Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 9, 2012 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] history; culture; amateurs (Re: HORSA vs. EXWA)

 
W dniu 2012-03-09 15:53, ufnkex pisze:

> Excuse me, Brian, but the Description of this list says:
>
> "Description
> CYBALIST is a forum devoted to discussing Indo-European
> (IE) linguistics and related topics concerning the history
> and culture of IE-speaking peoples. It is the ambition of
> the owners and moderators of this list to promote and
> popularise sound linguistic and historical knowledge,
> and to make our group a hospitable club where professional
> researchers in IE studies and amateurs with a serious
> interest in the field can meet and exchange ideas."
>
> (a) "...and related topics concerning the history and culture
> of IE-speaking peoples."
>
> (b) "...and amateurs with a serious interest in the field..."

Please note the key phrases "*sound* linguistic and historical
knowledge", and "*serious* interest".

Piotr