Fed2k PRP board gains notoriety?

[chatfsh]

[/Glenn Beck mode] ;D

Now, now

[Khan]

The fact that you find him boring and not worrisome is a troubling thought.

[SandChigger]

The fact that she agrees with him at all says much. ::)

[Edric O]

Hmm. I'm not sure if it's good or bad when capitalists start to actually believe the most outrageous examples of their own propaganda, like that.

[MrFlibble]

"Wolf", you see, is a word of German origin.

Actually it's a perfectly cromulent Indo-European word, found in many I.-E. languages like Avestan (vəhrka) Sanskrit (vŗkas), Greek (λύκος), Latin (lupus), Lithuanian (vilkas), Polish (wilk) and Russian (волк).

[chatfsh]

The fact that you find him boring and not worrisome is a troubling thought.

Glenn Beck has been at the vanguard of exposing interesting news stories that the liberal media has conveniently ignored.  Some of Beck

[SandChigger]

And THAT was Khan's point. ::)

[Edric O]

Actually it's a perfectly cromulent Indo-European word, found in many I.-E. languages like Avestan (vəhrka) Sanskrit (vŗkas), Greek (λύκος), Latin (lupus), Lithuanian (vilkas), Polish (wilk) and Russian (волк).

I didn't know that. I thought it was just a Germanic root. How can lupus be a cognate of wolf?

Some of Beck

[chatfsh]

Considering the bias of the left-leaning media and the rampant Obamania that existed, I found the counterbalance provided by Beck and his ilk to be rather refreshing.  As far as him whipping people into hysteria, he never had that affect on me.  I simply grew bored with the same old rhetoric and impassioned tears. 

[Edric O]

Considering the bias of the left-leaning media and the rampant Obamania that existed...

Heh. American media isn't "left-leaning", Hwi. A better description would be "not sufficiently right-leaning" for your tastes. What passes for "left-wing" bias in American conservative circles (if it's true that it exists at all) would be considered right-wing bias in Europe and most other places.

[chatfsh]

Fair enough.  If you

[SandChigger]

I didn't know that. I thought it was just a Germanic root. How can lupus be a cognate of wolf?

  wlkwo => wlpo => wolf, wulf, ulfr, ulv              (germanic)

          wlpo => lupo => lupus, loup, lup, lobo      (romance)

  wlkwo => lukwo => lycos                              (greek)

  wlkwo => blaidd, blyth, bleiz, faol = fw'el          (celtic)

  wlkwo => vilk, vlk, volk, vulk, vuk, wilk            (slavic)

  wlkwo => vargr, varg, vR^ika, farkas, gorg

Isn't it amazing the diversity of forms that evolution can create? ;)

[Edric O]

  wlkwo => wlpo => wolf, wulf, ulfr, ulv              (germanic)

          wlpo => lupo => lupus, loup, lup, lobo      (romance)

  wlkwo => lukwo => lycos                              (greek)

  wlkwo => blaidd, blyth, bleiz, faol = fw'el          (celtic)

  wlkwo => vilk, vlk, volk, vulk, vuk, wilk            (slavic)

  wlkwo => vargr, varg, vR^ika, farkas, gorg

Isn't it amazing the diversity of forms that evolution can create? ;)

Ah, I see. wlpo => lupo. That's a kind of change I was not thinking about. I just assumed that any cognate of "wolf" must begin with wu, wo, vu, vo, bu, bo. Thanks for letting me know. :)

What about that last line, then? Vargr, varg, farkas, gorg... what languages have those words?

Fair enough.  If you

[SandChigger]

That last line's a bit of a grab-bag. Two Scandinavians (which is Germanic), Sanskrit/Avestan & Persian ... I think.

[MrFlibble]

I just assumed that any cognate of "wolf" must begin with wu, wo, vu, vo, bu, bo.

Oh, the changes of linguistic form go far, far beyond that. As 'Chigger said, it is truly, inspiringly amazing.