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Amen to Larry's superb scholarship. Is it too much to expect dabblers in linguistics to consult linguists? Richard -----Original Message----- From: The English Place-Name List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Freeman Sent: 03 October 2006 19:59 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [EPNL] DNA Shock Horror Keith Briggs wrote: "Here are some specific objections to P Forster & A Thot, Toward a phylogenetic chronology of ancient Gaulish, Celtic, and Indo-European. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100:9079-9084 (2003)........." And there are some devastating comments by the late Larry Trask on that article, in particular its linguistic naivete and hence its flawed methodology, at: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-1876.html John Freeman This incoming email to UWE has been independently scanned for viruses and any virus detected has been removed using McAfee anti-virus software This email has been independently scanned for viruses and any virus software has been removed using McAfee anti-virus software