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| bio | website | sourceforge.net/projects/… |
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| location | Paris, France | |
| age | 51 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 7 months |
| seen | May 14 at 0:15 | |
| stats | profile views | 6 |
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Nov 16 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Nov 15 |
answered | Are there ancient historical sources which have been permanently lost? |
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Oct 25 |
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Who were the pre-Celtic inhabitants of Western Europe? @Noldorin, to which you can add the linguistic theories of Theo Vennemann (cf "Europa Vasconica") and the genetic evidence from mitochondrial DNA haplogroups ("V" Toroni 1996, 1998, 2001, "H" Alessandro Achilli 2004). However the Cro-Magnon culture (Haplogroup N) seems to be only a remote ancestor of haplogroups V,H... |
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Oct 16 |
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What was “Greek fire”? +1 for excellent book reference. |
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Oct 13 |
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Language of Franks vs later French @Noldorin, Of course it is OK. I'm afraid this book has not been translated. I own 4 books of this author, only one of which in English: "French Inside Out. The French Language Past and Present" (see my email in my elu profile). Yes I've read most of it. Very informative and incredibly dense. Highly Recommended, for both English Francophiles and French Anglophiles. |
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Oct 12 |
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Language of Franks vs later French @squark, This source cites the figure of 5% - for a total of 5 millions (p 52). Also see here. I'm interested if you have additional sources. |
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Oct 12 |
awarded | Critic |
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Oct 11 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Oct 11 |
awarded | Autobiographer |
