On Sat, 2013-07-06 at 15:23 +0530, Bonobashi wrote: > Would out of India and Aryan invasion theory have anything to do with > this attack of jaundice, Shiv? Anything at all? No, nothing? Oh, all > right, then. Just asked.
My late father, after acquiring the degrees BS, MS and PhD used to say that they stand for Bullshit, More of Same and Piled higher and deeper. I thought it was a joke until I started digging into the work of linguistics departments. The bullshitting started decades, if not over a century ago. What we see today is stuff that is built upon the original stuff - piled higher and deeper. The big take away lesson that I got from that is when it comes to new language theories 1. Be rigid 2. Be aggressive 3. Misquote, misinterpret and mislead to your heart's content because no one else will understand it and linguists are all doing the same thing anyway. 4. Accuse others of bigotry and less than honourable motives. Incidentally if you understood what was in that blog please post a summary in five words or less. shiv
