Re: Island

Jonathan Chang wrote:
> hmmm, while we are at it, perhaps people on steppes were not as ignorant of
> these ideas & words as one would suppose... if they travelled & traded over
> long distances, they are bound to come into contact with lotsa new &
> interesting experiences & new languages to borrow from, right???
Well, they probably didn't travel very much, at least not until they
began to expand, and traders wouldn't've gone into too much detail about
their homes, I would think.

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