--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Marco
Cimarosti <marco.cimarosti@...>
wrote:
> Etaonsh wrote:
> > My system (as if in disgust)
doesn't
> > want to tag a reply to your last
> > post. I understand neither the
> > import, purport nor the
relevance of
> > your 'cutting' remark,
> > but if I can
> > move swiftly on to your more
> > civilised errors:
>
> I often do error, and like to
admit *when* I do one.
>
>
Good. As do I.
>
>
> > 1) a Hispanic contributor in
fact
> > drew our attention to the
> > Celtiberian 'abade,' also,
within
> > the recent thread.
>
> Yes, I remember he did (although I
din't know or care whether he was
> Hispanic or what else).
>
>
I was interested, myself, to see
more evidence of what appears to be
a growing interest in these Iberian
systems in Spanish speakers.
>
>
> Where is my error?
>
>
I was under the impression that you
were implying that Celtic letters
could be reasonably described in an
Etruscan context, to the extent of
using an 'Etruscan word' for them.
>
>
> > 2) AIUI, the Germanic 'runes'
are
> > also thought to be derived from
the
> > Etruscan alphabet.
>
> I heard this before, and never
denied it.
>
> Where is my error?
>
>
Again, you seemed to imply that
Celtic letters, being basically
Etruscan, did not deserve their own
term, but did not level a similar
query at the established word
'rune.'
>
R