Re: who made the Art?

["Robert G. Tuck Jr." <tuckr@digital.net>]

Well, Chip,

I'll not gainsay you. When Islam overtook the Sassanian Iranian Empire in
642 C.E., many Arabic words and inflections were forced upon the
Indo-European language that was Persian. Indeed, since Arabic has no "p,"
Parsi became Farsi. Meanwhile, other Persian loan words, such as "paradise."
have reached us through Greek. Despite outside influences, Persian (Farsi)
retains its basic Indo-European roots, akin to Sanscrit, Greek, and Latin.

Quite frankly, during my eight years in Iran, I never had any reason to
discuss dinosaurs, except during my visit to the the remote Triassic age
footprints and ripple marks some tens of kilometers from the city of Kerman
in Krerman Province.

Like my observations of Indian crocodiles in Iranian Baluchistan, these
accounts have become questionable, since my field notes and data were seized
by the  agents of the late 'Ayatollah Khomeini during the Iranian
Revolution. My measurements of juvenile crocodile footprints [hence,
hatchlings and a viable population], and my survey of tridactyl trackways
disappeared during the Iranian Revolution. Therefore, I have no scientific
proof regarding these matters.

Thus, I shall accept your interpretation and thank you for your
clarification.

-= Tuck =-


----- Original Message -----
From: <Vorompatra@aol.com>
To: <tuckr@digital.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: who made the Art?


> In a message dated 6/11/02 10:54:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tuckr@digital.net writes:
>
> << "dah-een-ah-soor" >>
>
> In Arabic, those two vowels are pretty closely "dipthonged" together,
pretty
> much to the point where there would be only one syllable ("Dai-na-soor").
Is
> it different in Persian?
>
> Chip
>