Thanks. (And another "Thanks!" to browngirl for alerting me to this post by email.)
Turkoglu's comment (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/science/indo-european-languages-originated-in-anatolia-analysis-suggests.html?comments#permid=52) (or "Türkoǧlu", as I'm certain zie'd rather spell it) is an example of the kind of crank opinion, pollinated polluted by politics, that many, many amateurs think is "obviously true". Because they speak a language fluently, they think they know all there is to know about how languages work.
Gabriele's (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/science/indo-european-languages-originated-in-anatolia-analysis-suggests.html?comments#permid=43) is a case of simpler ignorance, ably refuted by the 3rd & 4th replies to it, from Joseph F Foster and BobX.
But I ain't got the spooons, or time now, to go any further into this, much as Dr. Whom would like to. :-)
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Date: 2012-08-25 02:17 am (UTC)Turkoglu's comment (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/science/indo-european-languages-originated-in-anatolia-analysis-suggests.html?comments#permid=52) (or "Türkoǧlu", as I'm certain zie'd rather spell it) is an example of the kind of crank opinion,
pollinatedpolluted by politics, that many, many amateurs think is "obviously true". Because they speak a language fluently, they think they know all there is to know about how languages work.Gabriele's (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/science/indo-european-languages-originated-in-anatolia-analysis-suggests.html?comments#permid=43) is a case of simpler ignorance, ably refuted by the 3rd & 4th replies to it, from Joseph F Foster and BobX.
But I ain't got the spooons, or time now, to go any further into this, much as Dr. Whom would like to. :-)