Re: tupas on Easter Island

Seppo Renfors wrote:
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> benlizross wrote:
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> > Seppo Renfors wrote:
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> > > benlizross wrote:
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> > > > Seppo Renfors wrote:
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> > > > > benlizross wrote:
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> > > > > > Eric Stevens wrote:
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> > > > > > > On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:06:07 GMT, Seppo Renfors <Renfors@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > wrote:
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> > > > > > > >Eric Stevens wrote:
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> > > > > > > >> On 28 Aug 2005 16:18:16 -0700, "Duncan" <dunkers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> >Ahhh. So the Spanish introduced Polynesian words into Quechua
> > > > > > > >> >dictionaries. That explains how the Hawaiian word for knot (kipu'u)
> > > > > > > >> >became the Quechua word for knot (quipu). I was unaware that the
> > > > > > > >> >Spanish were in the Hawaiian islands.
> > > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > > >> I can't say that they were there but there is evidence they were in
> > > > > > > >> New Zealand early in the 16th century, long before that country was
> > > > > > > >> supposedly found by Europeans.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >Could have been the Dutch too.... Dutchman Willem Jansz and his ship
> > > > > > > >Duyfken explore the western coast of Cape York Peninsula in 1606, The
> > > > > > > >Spaniard Luis Vaez De Torres sailed through Torres Strait that same
> > > > > > > >year - north of Australia.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >But I'm curious about one thing - why do you not consider the Spanish
> > > > > > > >as "Europeans"?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Who said I don't?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Eric Stevens
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Look out, Eric! He's got a dictionary, and he thinks he knows how to use
> > > > > > it!
> > > > >
> > > > > Typical loser.... you remind me of a little child who pokes his tongue
> > > > > out when at a safe distance, then shouting "nyahnan, nanyhana...." as
> > > > > it runs away...... back to your sandpit Ross.
> > > >
> > > > So you're saying if I was there in front of you, instead of over here,
> > > > I'd be more respectful, or else you'd thump me with your dictionary?
> > > >
> > > > Nyahnan, nanyhana...
> > > > (is that Finnish?)
> > >
> > > Your antics reminded me of two kids I observed in a playground - one
> > > had just beaten another kid, who ran away to a safe distance and
> > > performed the actions as I described.
> >
> > But of course there is a similarity -- I am familiar from past occasions
> > with your habit of using the dictionary as an offensive weapon (a blunt
> > instrument), and it was that which I wished to warn Eric about.
> >
> > > Your NEED to refer to "dictionary" signals YOU consider yourself to be
> > > in the position of that kid who ran away (as in, having already been
> > > beaten by a dictionary). Your further NEED was to perform the same
> > > acts as the kid who was beaten up!! SO there you are, you and that
> > > beaten up kid have lots in common.
> >
> > I'm sure your NEED to use capital letters signals something, but I'm not
> > sure what it is.
>
> Hmmm.... a bit slow this morning are you, or is that your standard
> mode?
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> > > BTW, a wise man on radio said, people claiming "special meaning" for
> > > words are doing so purely out of snobbery - a "I'm better than you"
> > > pretence, nothing else.
> >
> > I wouldn't be so dogmatic about this being the only possible reason. But
> > what is the relevance of this bit of radio-wisdom to the present thread?
>
> Is that a state of denial - or is is merely the signs of a short term
> memory loss? It's one of the two as you can't even seem to recall that
> YOU introduced the cattiness in the first place that has nothing
> whatever to do with this thread. Then you want to pretend complete
> ignorance of WHY you resorted to the cattiness!

But the wise man on the radio, according to your account, said nothing
about "cattiness", whatever you mean by that. He said something about
people who claim "special meaning" for words. Where do you see such
claims on this thread?

Ross Clark
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  • Re: tupas on Easter Island
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  • Re: tupas on Easter Island
    ... >> Seppo Renfors wrote: ... >> So you're saying if I was there in front of you, instead of over here, ... > in the position of that kid who ran away (as in, ... I'm sure your NEED to use capital letters signals something, ...
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