Re: Waradpande seems to have destroyed PIE already

On Dec 2, 8:08 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

No; on the one hand that's not a definition, and on the other it's not
what they do.

Okay, I surrender. Sound laws can't be violated. Fine
with me. Fantastic, even. A real boost for linguistics.
Yesterday evening I gave some consideration to your
name. Your family must have medieval ancestors in
Germany by the name of Schlemil. By and by, Schle-
turned into Da-, and -mil turned into -niels. As for your
given name, the medieval German equivalent was
of course Brunhild. By and by, Brunhil- became P-,
and -d became -eter. No violation of a sound law.
Sound laws can't be violated. Says Brunhild Y.
Schlemil. Aka Peter T. Daniels.

Please learn the meaning of "experiment."

What dibbuk is riding you? My understanding and use
of the word experiment is exactly conform with the
definition in my Webster's Unabridged. If you want
a piece of kitchen etyomology I'd say ex-peri-ment
is a word composed of Latin and Greek, meaning this:
being of a mind (mens mentis) that likes to step out (ex)
of the ordinary, the common place and the common
sense, the framework of the prevailing theory, and walk
around (peri) the situation, looking at it from the outside,
testing it, observing it from every accessible vantage
point, discovering new aspects, gaining new ideas,
testing them again, and so on. Apparently you have
no understanding of these processes, Lord Textbook,
Don Label, Sir Category. You are the mainstreamer
par excellence.
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