In a message dated 6/22/2003 8:54:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> "Tal" is German for valley. It used to be spelled "Thal", > and that's preserved in some place names. So either should be > fine, but Julia's right, one should say "tal". > It's like L'Hospital, the French mathematician. Current > texts spell his name using the "o with a hat over it" instead of > an "os". This is certainly easier on the students, since one > does not say the "s". On the other hand, HE spelled it with the > "os". So both are right, in various ways. > > ---David I think all this was covered in Sawyer's Hominid. The main point of my starting the thread, however, lies in the controversy that no one knows how many Neanderthals were, in fact, atheists. William Taylor --------------------- When humor becomes too esoteric, it can be like yelling 'foyer' in a crowded mezzanine. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
