Re: pre-Nostratic

Glennie, is there really that much of a difference between Eurasian and Eurasiatic? Have you been in communication with Greenberg or Bomhard asking for some type of consensus? IMO it appears that the three of you are more interested in gaining prominence rather than reaching consensus. How much longer do you expect this to last? Isn't it about time to close the books?

Gerry

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From: Glen Gordon

To: nostratic@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:14 PM

Subject: Re: [nostratic] Re: pre-Nostratic

Gerry: >Yes, Yes, Glenie. On your below link you call Pre-Dene- >Caucasian "Dene-Asiatic". Others including myself call it Eurasian. >I do believe Alekseev also refers to it by a similar title. Eurasian is a confusing title. Afterall, Eurasiatic is used by Joseph Greenberg which is mostly a subset of Nostratic (aside from that badly placed Ainu, blech!). Bomhard also uses Eurasiatic as a subset of Nostratic. I don't think "Eurasian" will work.