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Re: basque article

From:R. Nierse <rnierse@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 11, 1999, 7:32
> On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, nicole perrin wrote: > > > OK, I might make myself look really stupid here, but what the heck. > > > > http://www.islandnet.com/~edonon/saharan.htm > > > > This is an article that I just started to read, about the origins of > > Basque, Ainu, and Dravidian, and it seems a little bit strange to me, > > and I was just wondering, is there any validity to it? So far all the > > quotes have been from the Bible, not exactly a reliable linguistic > > source, and it seems like the guy who wrote it is making sort of > > outrageous claims. Or am I completely wrong, and this is accepted > > theory? I guess it can't hurt to ask. > > > > Nicole > > > > Basque, Ainu and Dravidian act on crackpots like lemonade acts on wasps, > so I'd seriously distrust anything said about those that's not published > in an accepted scholarly journal or by an accepted scholarly publisher, > and even then... But I'll take a look at it tonight, even if it's just > for fun :-). > > Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt
I looked at it a couple of yaears ago. I see he has changed the site. When I saw it the first time I read etymologies of Dutch cities. Of course they where all Basque of origin, according to him. Even if the etymology was simple for even a layman, like Heerhugowaard. That simple means "the *waard* (kind of low territory, sometimes filled with water from a river) of Heer (Lord) Hugo". Polders etc. used to be mentioned to the one who afforded the building of the dikes etc.. That's where I didn't take him serious anymore, inlcuding his other theories about Ainu. Rob