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Re: OT: Ra (was Re: Formal vs. natural languages (was Re: Oligosynthetic languages in nature.))

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 20:43
Can you smell what the Ra is smiting?

The ancient Egyptian god Dwyn Jhnsn?

On 4/1/09, Paul Kershaw <ptkershaw@...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ---- >> >  Andrii Zvorygin wrote: >> >> The form 'Ra' is simply a _modern convention_ for pronouncing the >> >> ancient _rʕ_ (/r/+ pharyngeal voiced fricative); the ancient >> >> vocalization is not known. > > The Rock played the Scorpion King. > > Maybe *he* is who the Egyptians were worshipping, and they were all > time-travellers from the future. > > -- Paul >
-- Sent from my mobile device Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>