--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com, "Peter P" <no1@...> wrote:

>
> My first instinct was to post a simple message thanking Miguel for

a

> providing another ray of enlightenment into the abyss. His post

(s)

> are informational *and* 'on topic', unlike perhaps some others.
>
> Just to make sure that I understand the list's purpose I went and
> reread the home page, which states, "This moderated newsgroup is a
> relocation of the original unmoderated Nostratic list. In

addition

> to discussing matters of reconstructing the Nostratic Proto-

language

> and the historical languages of the Nostratic macrofamily,

Nostratica

> will cross disciplines and culturel boundaries and explore
> similarities between origins of language and origins of species."
>
> Now I realize that perhaps my comment about being 'on topic' may

not

> be totally justified.
>
> I wonder. What does, "Nostratica will cross disciplines and

culturel

> boundaries and explore similarities between origins of language

and

> origins of species" actually mean?

It's an embarassment Gerry sneaked in when we were setting up the
group. Nobody else was keen to shoulder the burden of moderating
the group - the reserve moderators are only likely to step in if
Gerry ceases to shoulder the administrative burden.

Strictly speaking, the origin of Sumerian _is_ on topic.

Richard.