Re: Why the Proto-Indoeuropean numerals are not motivated within IE?

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

>
> > I'd say his function was being a *watchdog*, and he did it
> > very well.
>
> Of course you would: you can't imagine that anyone who
> disagrees with you could possibly be engaged in honest
> scholarship. And since you demonstrably can't distinguish
> between real and pseudo-scholarship, you have no way to
> judge anyone's work save your own prejudices.
>

Do you realize you're also acting as a watchdog of "stablished scholarship"?

> > On the other hand, his own performance as a comparative

> > linguist was poor, as I shown you earlier.
>
> No, you didn't. But you've certainly demonstrated your own
> incompetence in the field.
>
Your statement "you have no way to judge anyone's work save your own prejudices" would apply nicely to this "compliment".