Re: Proto-Celtic

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 420
Date: 2003-02-22

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:33:53 -0500, "H.M. Hubey"
<hubeyh@...> wrote:

>Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>>
>> That would violate the second law of thermodynamics.
>
>How so?

As you say: "Over long periods, it is likely that all will suffer
change". In fact, the period doesn't need to be that very long (from
a historical perspective), and "likely" is rather weakly worded.
"Nearly certain" is more like it.

Of course different languages change at different paces. But change
they do.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...

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