Re: CHAT: Pre-Celtic substrate (was: CHAT: RE: R: Italian Particles)
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 1, 2000, 12:42 |
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At 11:12 01.5.2000 +0100, And Rosta wrote:
>I rather like the way that speculations of this sort remain rational and open
>to debate but at the same time are so unconstrained by actual evidence that
>they are more of an art form.
I feel exactly the same. It ought to have a name. 'Tis not quite
conhistory -- maybe althistory, i.e. a *plausible* alternative history
within our own world.
/BP
B.Philip Jonsson
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