Re: Etymology of "Ketzer"

Holly wrote:

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
Holly wrote:

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
I trust you can understand why, when Holly appeared here, I was reminded
of the person whose name I couldn't remember, Heidi, who had been here
many months earlier.

They have the very similar style of absolutely refusing to believe what
people who know what they're talking about tell them, preferring
outlandishly mystical explanations.

Including, of course, Franz's.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx

Was that an apology? If it was I'll forgive all the donuts you will
owe me in the future just as long as you remember that I write fiction
and respect that I am a libertarian.

Apology?? For what??

Donuts????

How would I know that you write fiction or are a libertarian?

All I know is that your approach is identical to Heidi's, so when you
appeared here, I thought you were Heidi, who had been gone for months
(but has now reappeared).
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx

Ookee ... whaaat.ever.

So everything you wrote above was complete nonsense?

I read that the Dravidian word for fish "min" is the same sound as
their word for star; therefore they use the fish pictogram with other
pictograms when writing about a star.

Nothing to do with Dravidian writing. This homonymy is one of Asko
Parpola's reasons for supposing that the Indus script records an early
Dravidian language. He doesn't explain why they didn't simply draw a
picture of a star to represent 'star'.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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