tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post3639728281195715046..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: Kook alert: Rhaetic is now a Semitic language?Glen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-48400731706534047982008-07-31T15:49:00.000-05:002008-07-31T15:49:00.000-05:00Tropylium: "'Anus danger' actually. I wouldn't be...<B>Tropylium: <I>"'Anus danger' actually. I wouldn't be surprized if someone had even tried to defend that connection in the past,[...]"</I></B><BR/><BR/>I'm sure you're on to something there. It's important to note however that the degree of "anus danger" is dependent on socio-cultural factors. Afterall, in some cultures, the anus poses no more threat than a loving housepet. Lol! (Okay, clearlyGlen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-65122046988637346022008-07-31T02:04:00.000-05:002008-07-31T02:04:00.000-05:00"Anus danger" actually. I wouldn't be surprized if..."Anus <EM>da<B>n</B>ger</EM>" actually. I wouldn't be surprized if someone had even tried to defend that connection in the past, I've seen propositions from the 19th century about Greek, Latin etc. being derived from Finnish on the basis of "correspondences" such as <EM>agrīs</EM> being approximately <EM>sirkka</EM> "cricket" reversed. (Seriously.) At least these days the way languages can Tropyliumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12113202845911582040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-73829649591607829702008-07-30T20:08:00.000-05:002008-07-30T20:08:00.000-05:00Damon Lord: "Just out of interest, would you postu...<B>Damon Lord: <I>"Just out of interest, would you postulate a link between Etruscan and Rhaetic?"</I></B><BR/><BR/>Yes, I think this is the most reasonable hypothesis. Unfortunately, there are few inscriptions to rely on so far. So I look at this hypothesis as an idea worthy of future investment even if it's probably not provable yet by the strict standards of mainstream academia.<BR/><BR/><B>Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-50567312726293039032008-07-30T19:30:00.000-05:002008-07-30T19:30:00.000-05:00Hang on, further to my previous comment, I've just...Hang on, further to my previous comment, I've just found a bit of the article that refutes an Etruscan link:<BR/><BR/>"We must therefore conclude that there were no Etruscans in the Alps and that thus the Raeti – whose presence in the Alps are testified by dozens of mentionings in the works of the Roman and Greek writers – are - in opposition to the autochthonous “Euganeans” – late emigrants, Damon Lordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060702905405453616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-21186172967828746402008-07-30T19:24:00.000-05:002008-07-30T19:24:00.000-05:00Just out of interest, would you postulate a link b...Just out of interest, would you postulate a link between Etruscan and Rhaetic? From what I've read (and not knowing much about these languages), there is a relation, so I've heard. I would guess that these 'nutjobs' (thanks Phoenix, I've not come across that word for a while! Love it!) would have some odd theory on the relationship between Rhaetic and Etruscan....Damon Lordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060702905405453616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-52651279145837641842008-07-30T16:31:00.000-05:002008-07-30T16:31:00.000-05:00Phoenix: "It's like claiming that the word 'Anusva...<B>Phoenix: <I>"It's like claiming that the word 'Anusvaara' is clearly Finnish, because in Finnish it means 'anus dagger', rather than it being Sanskrit where it means 'nose sound'."</I></B><BR/><BR/>Exactly (and thanks for that risqué example, hahaha). This sort of "dictionary eyeballing" is too easy, especially when context is ignored. In fact, they can't even stick to Semitic because they Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-48462118119037508442008-07-30T06:30:00.000-05:002008-07-30T06:30:00.000-05:00Oh wow, who needs comedy central if you have nutjo...Oh wow, who needs comedy central if you have nutjobs like this?<BR/><BR/>They're actually translating sentences into Semitic, which is fairly impressive, if these sentence semantically made any sense at all. But they don't how can you claim that these are correct sentences!<BR/><BR/>It's like claiming that the word 'Anusvaara' is clearly Finnish, because in Finnish it means 'anus dagger', rather PhoeniXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627425696035152752noreply@blogger.com