raoulduke

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by raoulduke 9y ago
Correct. There can be no obvious link. Particularly in that Old Kingdom /r/ would reflect a Semitic /'/, if memory serves. So /pr/ would be the equivalent of /p'/ which would mean "m
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by raoulduke 9y ago
It's also painfully correct. The Egyptian hieroglyph pr, also monosyllabic /h/, was adapted for /b/ in the Semitic creation of the alphabet. The scribe took the common Semitic word for house be(y)t and used it to
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by raoulduke 9y ago
I can't think of any other concordances between Egyptian /j/ and /p/ in other languages. To be honest I've never seen the word jtj before today. There's a longstanding and known relation broadly with &#x
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by raoulduke 9y ago
There's an enormous difference between aesthetic features of writing and actual language relation. The original hypothesis that this inadvertently plagiarizes from is a 1912 William Flinders Petrie monogram. Wow... when I first star
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by raoulduke 9y ago
I don't understand (?).
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by raoulduke 9y ago
I don't understand what this article is. There appears to be no cogent hypothesis or evidence. In the end it seems to be suggesting not (any) linguistic influence on Eurasian languages but rather aesthetic influence of hieroglyphs.
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by raoulduke 10y ago
You guys all pointed out the much stronger correlation during the primaries, right? Because it seems pretty hard to believe that such intense institutional collusion for Clinton could lead to widespread hacking for Trump... in fact... it&#
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by raoulduke 10y ago
Sorry... your logic is flawed at least semantically. If a "constitutional monarchy is just one way of implementing a monarchy," then presumably a "Constitutional Republic is just one way of implementing a" republic. The
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by raoulduke 10y ago
Also... the Clinton campaign just announced it would be having an event at a 'Pokestop,' and Clinton referenced the game. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/28779...
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by raoulduke 10y ago
I mean... that'd be an issue. I don't think it'd be as big an issue as widespread electoral fraud or electioneering. But it'd probably be an issue...
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by raoulduke 10y ago
Here's a weird question. https://www.facebook.com/NationalMallNPS/photos/a.3795806520... Pokemon Go is designed to not only augment places where people already are but also to direct them to other places.
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by raoulduke 11y ago
I'm a law student but not an expert, and I haven't researched the caselaw (yet?). Rcthompson, I apologize for taking this opportunity to go way beyond your question (see below). [This also reflects my assumption that you are cod