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Paul J. Gans (gans@scholar.nyu.edu) wrote:
: Yuri Kuchinsky (yuku@mail.trends.ca) wrote:

: : Jeffreys did a lot of work on Portugese accounts. According to him, they
: : confirm that corn was in the Old World before Columbus. I read about this
: : (his article in MAN ACROSS THE SEA) a few months ago, and I believe his
: : case is valid. I have something about this on my webpage. His case hinges
: : on what term exactly the Portugese used for "maize".
: 
: I'll go 'round this again.  Linguistic terminology is not
: at all helpful.  Terms shift constantly.  Anyone who has
: dealt with medieval manuscripts knows this.  If the
: case "hinges" on the meaning of a Portuguese word, it
: is hopeless.

Hmm, Paul, did you think before you wrote this? Obviously you _didn't read
the orginal article_, and yet you already _refuted_ it? Something wrong
with this picture? Is someone's bias betrayed here?

So scholars who study literary evidence to learn abour ancient or medieval
crops all "are wasting their time" according to you? Funny that
peer-reviewed journals published their research...

Sorry, Paul, but you sound like an ignoramus above. An ignoramus who
has no desire whatsoever to remedy his condition...

Best,

Yuri.

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