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Brilliant stuff.

This is fascinating stuff, especially your oft-repeated assertion that "the Enlightenment never happened." My own extremely murky view at present is that the Renaissance never happened: The ...

Why youse guys lionise Abraham Lincoln will forever be a mystery to me. What a jerk.
I'll be interested in the response. (If there is any, though I've been getting a bit of airplay lately.)

You're ...

There is much you have not been told.

But I wish to hear more about the OED model. Would you be kind enough to spell it out. Just a little.

Shucks. I'm just making this up as I go along.

However; what I do know is this: The ancient ...

Not without entering a parallel universe. There are (literally) hundreds of people who have contributed entries to the OED. Were they are all in on the secret?

Of course not. But that's not how you ...

In THOBR I claimed most entries in the OED are wrong because of faulty etymological assumptions.

We might want to consider the possibility that the errors were deliberate.

Is Arabic a Social Construct?
https://sjquillen.medium.com/is-arabic-a-social-construct-dabf514e5ce2

Found this interesting:

Arabs denigrate their own languages of hearth and home as al-ammiya ...

Cricket is (up to recent times) a man's game.
Baseball is a variant of a family game that involves women and children. This game the English refer to commonly as Rounders.

One of these games, Cric ...

I was thinking about Little Red Riding Hood (aka Little Red Cap) and wondered if a red hood being eaten and vomited could have originated from wolves ingesting fly agaric,

Oh my god Hatty. So bril ...

In The Megalithic Empire we make occasional reference to salvia (sage in English) without ever discovering what it is -- or was in ye ancient times. This little story from today's medium.com suggests ...

Can someone tell me the differences between British Criket and Indian Criket?

The reason I asked this question is as follows.

The British controlled India from 1757 to 1947. Presumably some vers ...

only the one I sent to Graham Hancock's website (quite why I still don't know) had any lasting effect. And then only because you were the editor.

I've been riding around Tanzania on a motorbike. I ...

I've been riding a motorbike around Tanzania and have been away from the boards more than usual. However; I've had some thoughts while riding (and indeed have made some observations I intend to share ...

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Topic: Forgery: Modus operandi
Ishmael Replies: 435 Views: 92219	Forum: British History Posted: 5:15 pm Subject: Forgery: Modus operandi
Ishmael Replies: 435 Views: 92219	Brilliant stuff.
Topic: Forgery: Modus operandi
Ishmael Replies: 435 Views: 92219	Forum: British History Posted: 11:34 am Subject: Forgery: Modus operandi
Ishmael Replies: 435 Views: 92219	This is fascinating stuff, especially your oft-repeated assertion that "the Enlightenment never happened." My own extremely murky view at present is that the Renaissance never happened: The ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Ishmael Replies: 1979 Views: 295577	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:36 am Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Ishmael Replies: 1979 Views: 295577	Why youse guys lionise Abraham Lincoln will forever be a mystery to me. What a jerk. I'll be interested in the response. (If there is any, though I've been getting a bit of airplay lately.) You're ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Ishmael Replies: 3599 Views: 423750	Forum: Politics Posted: 8:55 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Ishmael Replies: 3599 Views: 423750	There is much you have not been told.
Topic: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Ishmael Replies: 718 Views: 197641	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 3:08 am Subject: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Ishmael Replies: 718 Views: 197641	But I wish to hear more about the OED model. Would you be kind enough to spell it out. Just a little. Shucks. I'm just making this up as I go along. However; what I do know is this: The ancient ...
Topic: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Ishmael Replies: 718 Views: 197641	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 1:39 pm Subject: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Ishmael Replies: 718 Views: 197641	Not without entering a parallel universe. There are (literally) hundreds of people who have contributed entries to the OED. Were they are all in on the secret? Of course not. But that's not how you ...
Topic: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Ishmael Replies: 718 Views: 197641	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 4:49 am Subject: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Ishmael Replies: 718 Views: 197641	In THOBR I claimed most entries in the OED are wrong because of faulty etymological assumptions. We might want to consider the possibility that the errors were deliberate.
Topic: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Ishmael Replies: 718 Views: 197641	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 4:48 am Subject: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Ishmael Replies: 718 Views: 197641	Is Arabic a Social Construct? https://sjquillen.medium.com/is-arabic-a-social-construct-dabf514e5ce2 Found this interesting: Arabs denigrate their own languages of hearth and home as al-ammiya ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Ishmael Replies: 2926 Views: 356741	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:48 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Ishmael Replies: 2926 Views: 356741	Cricket is (up to recent times) a man's game. Baseball is a variant of a family game that involves women and children. This game the English refer to commonly as Rounders. One of these games, Cric ...
Topic: Crying Wolf
Ishmael Replies: 823 Views: 221020	Forum: Life Sciences Posted: 11:44 pm Subject: Crying Wolf
Ishmael Replies: 823 Views: 221020	I was thinking about Little Red Riding Hood (aka Little Red Cap) and wondered if a red hood being eaten and vomited could have originated from wolves ingesting fly agaric, Oh my god Hatty. So bril ...
Topic: Mega-Talk
Ishmael Replies: 745 Views: 163556	Forum: Megalithic Posted: 11:42 pm Subject: Mega-Talk
Ishmael Replies: 745 Views: 163556	In The Megalithic Empire we make occasional reference to salvia (sage in English) without ever discovering what it is -- or was in ye ancient times. This little story from today's medium.com suggests ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Ishmael Replies: 2926 Views: 356741	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:27 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Ishmael Replies: 2926 Views: 356741	Can someone tell me the differences between British Criket and Indian Criket? The reason I asked this question is as follows. The British controlled India from 1757 to 1947. Presumably some vers ...
Topic: Principles of Applied Epistemology
Ishmael Replies: 487 Views: 132626	Forum: APPLIED EPISTEMOLOGY Posted: 9:40 pm Subject: Principles of Applied Epistemology
Ishmael Replies: 487 Views: 132626	only the one I sent to Graham Hancock's website (quite why I still don't know) had any lasting effect. And then only because you were the editor. I've been riding around Tanzania on a motorbike. I ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Ishmael Replies: 2926 Views: 356741	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:37 pm Subject: The Importance of Sport
Ishmael Replies: 2926 Views: 356741	I've been riding a motorbike around Tanzania and have been away from the boards more than usual. However; I've had some thoughts while riding (and indeed have made some observations I intend to share ...
Topic: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Ishmael Replies: 718 Views: 197641	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 4:17 pm Subject: How Fast Do Languages Change?
Ishmael Replies: 718 Views: 197641	Yay!