tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post6878671754554517301..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Top Posts #51-55Assistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-45701394826601081492019-08-27T03:10:56.310-04:002019-08-27T03:10:56.310-04:00Nearly everyone says ark-tic now. The "c"...Nearly everyone says ark-tic now. The "c" was successfully brought back. Same thing for February. You mark yourself as correct by including the "r," but it went entirely away in the 19th C.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-9576251400113496862019-08-27T00:16:29.301-04:002019-08-27T00:16:29.301-04:00I say ark-tick, but I wouldn't never say off-t...I say ark-tick, but I wouldn't never say off-ten.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-39848267241592448902019-08-24T00:05:48.806-04:002019-08-24T00:05:48.806-04:00Ruhlen is a linguist who believes all languages de...<i>Ruhlen is a linguist who believes all languages descend from an original..</i><br /><br />I am reminded of a book I purchased and read decades ago.<a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow">América, Cuarta Dimensión: Los Etruscos salieron de los Andes.</a>(TR.:America, Fourth Dimension: The Etruscans came from the Andes.) Natalia Rosi de Tariffi,the author,was a Venezuelan of Italian ancestry. <br /><br />Unfortunately, I lost the book in a move some years ago. The author claimed that Etruscan words had a Quechuan origin. The only example I remember is "maq" was supposed to be "hand" in both languages. According to the Amazon review,the author claimed that the spoken languages of the world were derived from Andean languages.Quechua and Aymara would be the two main ones.<br /><br />Here is an example from page 26-27 of the online copy.<i>toga</i>, the author informs us, is a Latin word that should be considered to be of Etruscan origin.<br /><br /><i>"Toga is a cape, a symbol of legal and academic authority...The toga was one of the accessories of the Etruscan ceremony, which the Romans inherited...In Quechua (kechwa)<b>tok </b> is the root of the word <b>tokapu,</b>,which means clothing distinguished by royalty or nobility, adorned with tassels and fine work."</i><br /><br /><br />More valid claims than Von Daineken? <br /><br />(Amazon lists the book, but doesn't have one available for sale. I found a site where one can read it in Spanish online, but cannot download it.)RichardJohnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490819511630683969noreply@blogger.com