Re: Kensington runestone in the Scandinavian press

Dylan Sung wrote:
"Steve Marcus" <smarcus_spamout_@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:PWene.61990$sy6.14496@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:vmsq9190jsvl6ji9thv7svuoho1jn1cks9@xxxxxxxxxx

On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 08:24:42 +0100, "Dylan Sung"
<dylanwhs.tsktsktsk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Eric Stevens" <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:tlup91lec31snk1b3gh4eqp6c4q5r277nr@xxxxxxxxxx

Apparently the stone was already in much that shape to begin with. The
motives for the message is a complete mystery and in any case we do
not actually know that it was carved on the run. The tree seems to
have existed, irrespective of anything it may or may not do for the
credibility of the KRS.


The following is old news perhaps. It's about Larsson's runes being late
1800s used by trademen as a secret code rather than medieval ones.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/168635_prank12.html 

At first sight the Larsson runes are identical but close examination
apparently shows they are not. I understand that Nielsen thinks they
are related but not an exact inspiration.

You keep posting the above crap, notwithstanding that Erik Hammerstad has debunked it several times, as for example here:

http://tinyurl.com/aln2w

and has posted URLs showing the runes to back his position up. 


http://www.byu.edu/sasslink/pdf/krs.pdf

Dyl.

That paper represents the pre-Larsson era. Its a good try, but not good enough, and totally demolished by the Larsson runes.
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