Poles are European?

Look it up -- you got your Germanic languages, your Slavic languages, your Romance languages... But no "Euroic" linguistic group.

Oh, you mean your good ol' "Indo-European" super-group? Well, for one thing, that's largely irrelevant, since it has more to do with really, *really* ancient lingo-history than with any even remotely living cultural memory: Fucking *sanskrit* belongs to it -- are you going to say _India_ is part of Europe, too?!? (Actually, I thought you were going to, already -- on the grounds that it once "belonged to" the Brits... Do you see now, how stupid *that* argument was?)

And for another, if you insist on going with it, then yes, the Poles *are* Europeans: Just like the Romance and Germanic languages, the Slavic languages are a part of the Indo-European language family. And the Balkans, with the possible exception of Albania (I think their language is Ur-European, i.e, *pre-*dating the "Indo-European" languages on the continent (kind of like Basque), but I'm not sure) are populated by *Slavic*-speakers, not "Asians".

Oh, BTW, it seems you're lumping the Estonians in with the Poles, as Slavs / Slavic-speakers, right...? (You weren't explicit, but judging from your sentence structure.) If so, that's wrong -- Eesti is a Fenno-Ugric language, like Finnish and Hungarian. And no, that doesn't make them "Asian" either: The western branches of the Fenno-Ugric language family have been European languages -- by virtue of being spoken *in Europe* -- for millennia.

Look, why can't you just accept the (to me, blindingly obvious) fact that you don't know shit about this all, and take my word for it when I tell you that I *do*?

Otherwise, you'll just come off like a half-mad neolithic medicine man on speed, claiming to be "explaining" nuclear physics to... say, a junior high school physics teacher.

Post #13,944 by boxley 10/18/01 8:59:09 AM Reply	Poles are European? By linguistic group? I think not, niether are Estonioans. The Nordic languages are euro, finnish is not, only included because of your civilizing presence. Hungary is asian as well as Balkans. thanx, bill tshirt front "born to die before I get old" thshirt back "fscked another one didnja?"
Post #13,952 by CRConrad 10/18/01 9:48:59 AM Reply	Huh?!? But "European" ISN'T a linguistic grouping!!! Look it up -- you got your Germanic languages, your Slavic languages, your Romance languages... But no "Euroic" linguistic group. Oh, you mean your good ol' "Indo-European" super-group? Well, for one thing, that's largely irrelevant, since it has more to do with really, really ancient lingo-history than with any even remotely living cultural memory: Fucking sanskrit belongs to it -- are you going to say _India_ is part of Europe, too?!? (Actually, I thought you were going to, already -- on the grounds that it once "belonged to" the Brits... Do you see now, how stupid that argument was?) And for another, if you insist on going with it, then yes, the Poles are Europeans: Just like the Romance and Germanic languages, the Slavic languages are a part of the Indo-European language family. And the Balkans, with the possible exception of Albania (I think their language is Ur-European, i.e, pre-dating the "Indo-European" languages on the continent (kind of like Basque), but I'm not sure) are populated by Slavic-speakers, not "Asians". Oh, BTW, it seems you're lumping the Estonians in with the Poles, as Slavs / Slavic-speakers, right...? (You weren't explicit, but judging from your sentence structure.) If so, that's wrong -- Eesti is a Fenno-Ugric language, like Finnish and Hungarian. And no, that doesn't make them "Asian" either: The western branches of the Fenno-Ugric language family have been European languages -- by virtue of being spoken in Europe -- for millennia. Look, why can't you just accept the (to me, blindingly obvious) fact that you don't know shit about this all, and take my word for it when I tell you that I do? Otherwise, you'll just come off like a half-mad neolithic medicine man on speed, claiming to be "explaining" nuclear physics to... say, a junior high school physics teacher. Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Knows Fucking Everything
Post #13,981 by boxley 10/18/01 1:25:51 PM Reply	How many root words in the English language can be traced to Fenno-Ugric, Slavic, Maygar. None or damn few. Because they are asian. If they were european they would have integrated like the rest of the mutts and shown up in the polyglot called english. They didnt spend enough time in to qualify. Now where is that physics teacher that needs an explaination? thanx, bill tshirt front "born to die before I get old" thshirt back "fscked another one didnja?"
Post #14,037 by a6l6e6x 10/18/01 5:14:56 PM Reply	Try these. English -- Slavic (for some values of Slavic) sister --- "sestra" brother -- "brat" mother --- "mata" milk ----- "moloko" water ---- "woda" Not identical, but clearly related (no pun intended). As CRC says, Indo-European roots. Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #14,093 by boxley 10/18/01 11:41:25 PM Reply	not valid germanic influence see British love for unflavored grain alchohol -10. thanx, bill tshirt front "born to die before I get old" thshirt back "fscked another one didnja?"
Post #14,136 by CRConrad 10/19/01 4:37:37 AM Reply	Stop being such an utter fuckwit. You're just plain WRONG!!!

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