Duketown Wrote:
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> Martin Stower Wrote:
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> > Duketown Wrote:
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> > > Stower.. Sorry to break it to you but your brain
> > > is broken.
> > >
> > > Sometimes you show signs of responsiveness and
> > > understanding, a moment later you fall back into
> > > your old habits: pulling truth from your arse, on
> > > the go. I like it! The best part is that you do
> > > this as discussion evolves, while your hardly
> > > understand that you need a rationale.
> > >
> > > Where do you find the confidence? It's not reason.
> > > Anyways, how do you think he attached a sound to
> > > that character? You must be way ahead of your
> > > agenda. I give you one clue: there wasn't a tape
> > > lying between the Sphinx paws. oke, 2 clues: the
> > > Rosetta Stone can't speak.
> >
> > That, dolt, is why he used Greek letters. In lieu
> > of phonetic alphabets yet to be invented.
> >
> > Greek letters whose phonetic values were fixed by
> > tradition and convention.
> >
> > Problem’s all yours. You are trying to know
> > better on things above your level, while lacking a
> > full set of wits. Your failing to follow what
> > those of us who have a clue are saying is the
> > predictable outcome.
> >
> > M.
>
> huh?
> Are you trying to explain how Champillion attached
> a sound to Greco characters? Please use
> human-understandable sentences. We are not
> translating glyphs. We are talking reason.

Correction: I am talking reason. You are talking fluent halfwit.

I write for the intelligent, not halfwits.

M.

Edited 2018-12-01 to fix a typo in my quoted text (but not mine).



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01-Dec-18 20:42 by Martin Stower.