Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: OT: Origin of names (WAS: Re: Proto-Uralic?)

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Sunday, June 29, 2003, 16:05
Considering how long groups of humans have often considered others to be
excluded from "humanity" becuase of race, religion, politics, sexual
preference, this should be no surprise at all.

>Actually, it's been quite a while that we know that. The only problem is >that the people telling about the impressive intelligence of dolphins were >not taken seriously. After all, there just *couldn't* be another >intelligent species on Earth but us (also, for long people have considered >that intelligence had to do with the ability to create and use tools, >something that by definition dolphins cannot do - difficult without hands >-).
_________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail