--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
<richard.wordingham@...> wrote:

> --- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"
> <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
> > --- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com,
> > "Gerry" <waluk@...> wrote:
> > > Some member of
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cybal
> > ist think Sumerian
> > > is a made-up language.
> > More likely just a frustrated quip.
>
> I think I've now found the message Gerry was referring to -
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/22903 . It actually
> looks more like a silly answer to what was taken to be a silly
> question. I'm offering the poster a chance to reply.

Richard, the term "silly" is always used by academics as a weazel
word. I did not intend that my remarks were ironic. I also did not
understand the respondent to offer a "silly" reply. Truth definitely
does lie in the eye of the beholder. Possibly we need to examine
both options and present two do-able directions.

Gerry