> Same here! Another piece of crud would-be
> scholarship. The only connection I
> can think of between Finnish and Irish is Finn
> McCoul! ;-)
> Mike
> >
> > Even Greenberg wouldn't be able to swallow this
> camel. I didn't get
> > past the number comparisons: anyone who can,
> after presenting a
> speculative
> > but reasonable-looking chart of equivalents
> (consonants only, vowels are
> > disregarded on the grounds that "they often differ
> between families" (!)),
> > simply equate _kuusi_ 'six' with _seisar_ 'six'
> without further comment
> > is slightly askew. When we move on to seven (a
> transparent borrowing
> > from IE into Finnish), eight (transparently "two
> less than ten", where
> > "ten" is an IE form, not the actual Finnish word
> for ten), nine (ditto,
> > "one less than ten", and 100 (another transparent
> borrowing, this time
> > from Eastern IE), without any recognition of these
> facts of borrowing,
> > I had no trouble tossing out the rest.
> >
> > --
> > John Cowan
http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
> jcowan@reutershealth.com
> > Please leave your values Check your
> assumptions. In fact,
> > at the front desk. check
> your assumptions at the
> door.
> > --sign in Paris hotel
> --Cordelia Vorkosigan
> >