Re: Catastrophism and syllable structure (was Re: subconscious sound preferences)

charles wrote:

> Tom Wier wrote:
> >
> > charles wrote:
>
> >      * There was a cataclysmic flood into the Black Sea
> >      circa 5600 BC, causing dispersion of Proto-Indo-European.
> >
> > Is that by Velikovsky?
>
> Tsk! You are obviously not caught up on sci.lang ...
> No, this is coming from some mainstream geologists.
> The date is conveniently close to the PIE breakup.
Yeah, I found out just after I posted.  I don't frequent
sci.lang as much as I used to, 'cause it usually has a
low level of discourse IME, unlike this forum. :)

> I had found a neat URL about low-density waves
> of IE hunter-gatherers expanding into depopulated
> (by relatively rapid climate change) zones, but this
> would take the cake if it pans out, y'know ...
I don't doubt it, but considering where a lot of theories like these
have come from, what with Soviet ideology always having historically been
a legitimate reason to discount theories in Russia, you can see how I
responded how I did.


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