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Gimme that old-time linguistics
Gimme that old-time linguistics
Gimme that old-time linguistics
It's good enough for me.
In decoding Mycenaean,
Good ol' Ventris used his be-an.
It was Greek that he was seein',
Written in Linear B
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Each Egyptian hieroglyphic
Makes a sound that is specific.
A Rosetta Stone's terrific,
And it's good enough for me.
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There's a grammar of Nostratic
Lying somewhere in my attic
There's a theory that's not static!*
And it's good enough for me.
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*Substitute "that's been" for "that's not," depending on your stand on the controversy.
Oh, the speakers in Euskadi
Might seem a trifle dotty.
Still, ergativity's not shoddy:
It's good enough for me.
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By me, 1998 and 2000. More verses if/when I think of them, much to your chagrin.