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Re: basque article

From:Joe Mondello <rugpretzel@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 11, 1999, 6:55
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I accidentally sent this to Nicole.

> In a message dated 8/11/99 12:21:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, nicole.perrin@ > SNET.NET writes: > > > 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 > > > > > Oh God, not Edo Nyland! I read an article of his and started a long > exchange of emails in which he tried to convince me that languages don't > evolve unless monks force them to. He seemed like a nice guy though. > > pp > Joe Mondello
--part1_cf5ae39e.24e27871_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: Rugpretzel@aol.com From: Rugpretzel@aol.com Full-name: Rugpretzel Message-ID: <3dce6d4f.24e258bb@...> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:40:27 EDT Subject: Re: basque article To: nicole.perrin@snet.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 10 In a message dated 8/11/99 12:21:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, nicole.perrin@SNET.NET writes:
> 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 >
Oh God, not Edo Nyland! I read an article of his and started a long exchange of emails in which he tried to convince me that languages don't evolve unless monks force them to. He seemed like a nice guy though. pp Joe Mondello --part1_cf5ae39e.24e27871_boundary--