Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

David,

You could not have disproved my theories for the simple reason that  
they are not disprovable.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Feb 27, 2009, at 3:35 PM, David Kummerow wrote:

> Isaac,
>
> But note that such an opinion is based on your theories, and not on  
> the
> linguistic reality of the language. Since your theories have already
> been disproved, means that your view that others' work is but "science
> fiction" is "science fiction" itself!
>
> Regards,
> David Kummerow.
>
>
> > Yitzhak,
> >
> > This business of the lengthening and the doubling is in my opinion
> > all science fiction.
> >
> > Isaac Fried, Boston University
> >
> >
> > On Feb 27, 2009, at 9:45 AM, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:
> >
> > > And here is the thing, all the examples you have now accepted
> > > have two differences in pronunciation!  For example, in the case
> > > of qinnim/qinim, the words are:
> > > [qin-'nim] compartments
> > > [qi:-'nim] lamentations
> > > In one the i is short and in the other long!  In one the n is  
> > > doubled
> > > and in the other it is not!
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