From: cluster.user@yale.edu (Cluster User) Subject: Re: Caucasoid Turks/Bulgars Date: 28 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <36b0d7ec.2343569@news.yale.edu> References: <369E3BE1.5C45@sbu.ac.uk> <77li2j$qi0$1@whisper.globalserve.net> <369F52FE.2B6@sbu.ac.uk> <77rc86$auj$1@brokaw.wa.com> <36A444B3.F3B70F1C@alum.mit.edu.-> <7827sb$269$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36A52D70.9E372DD2@alum.mit.edu.-> <36A556AB.9927BD29@montclair.edu> <36a63533.58309714@news.yale.edu> <7866ud$i9m$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36cdb21e.883120019@news.wxs.nl> <36A7FCC8.79790A6B@earthlink.net> <36d77e23.1000882888@news.wxs.nl> <36A95129.AF5336A1@earthlink.net> <78ppdl$84o@cpca3.uea.ac.uk> Organization: Yale University Newsgroups: sci.archaeology,sci.anthropology,sci.lang On 28 Jan 1999 13:41:09 GMT, e.karloukovski@uea.ac.uk (Vassil Karloukovski) wrote: >In article <36A95129.AF5336A1@earthlink.net>, Robdimi@earthlink.net says... >>Miguel Carrasquer Vidal wrote: > >> You seem to be basing your appraisal of his work on a site known to >>me on the internet. I've actually read one of his books in Bulgarian, >>where he sticks primarily to Iranic (Dardic) cognates. I don't think it >>would be accurate to say that he doesn't make much sense of them >>interpreting them as such. As I mentioned, the namebook of the Bulgar >>khans yielded a 100% accuracy using his translations, as opposed to the >>abysmal success of the turkologists. However, since this is a seemingly >>obscure field of study, the generally accepted dogma about "turkic" >>Bulgars is likely to remain the dominant one for a long time to come. > > >Robert, >We should not worry too much. At the end, even the Scythians were thought to >be Turkic in the 19-th century, so - be patient and probably in the due time >the scholars will start to study the old Bulgars' question more seriously and >without the constant repetition of the Turkic mantra. what I object to is calling the prevailing view a "mantra". it is not made up of whole cloth. > > >Regards, >Vassil Karloukovski > >>All studies of Bulgars, Avars, and others appears to stem from the >>"turkic" paradigm. >> >>Robert > > > >