--- 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