tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post7153284986553212269..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: 99.9% of English is logically invalidGlen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-55045382097759005782009-04-22T20:01:00.000-05:002009-04-22T20:01:00.000-05:00One further important note, when you (Tropylium) s...One further important note, when you (Tropylium) say <B>"Intuitively, qualitativ(<I><A HREF="http://www.answers.com/sic" REL="nofollow">sic</A></I>) differences clearly exist - or do you want to argue that Old English and Modern English contain 'equally much' lexicon of Romance origin?"</B>, you also fail to understand that even if one wanted to waste their time justifying such a clearly Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-83261767320991708532009-04-22T19:52:00.000-05:002009-04-22T19:52:00.000-05:00No, Tropylium. I'm not saying that it's 'difficult...No, Tropylium. I'm not saying that it's 'difficult' to "estabilish"(<A HREF="http://www.answers.com/sic" REL="nofollow"><I>sic</I></A>) a rigorous metric on vocabulary but instead that's it's completely <B>IMPOSSIBLE</B> to establish a reliable statistic based on a concept indefinable in any logical manner! 'Language' is just such a term that is fundamentally arbitrary and inconsistent in usage. Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-43850526627886946622009-04-22T08:53:00.000-05:002009-04-22T08:53:00.000-05:00Basically you're pointing out that it's difficult ...Basically you're pointing out that it's difficult to estabilish a rigorous metric, but it doesn't mean that "percentage of words" is entirely meaningless. Intuitively, qualitativ differences clearly exist - or do you want to argue that Old English and Modern English contain "equally much" lexicon of Romance origin?<br /><br />Declensions are a total red herring at least. We can simply ignore Tropyliumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12113202845911582040noreply@blogger.com