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**HedgeYourBets** · 08-07-2010, 05:29 PM

Apart from whatever reasons one may find in linguistics, using the term "proto-whatever" has the virtue of avoiding a feeling of having been left out, in the minds ( of people ) of the other members of a language family. It will promote an objective research environment.

08-07-2010, 05:29 PM	#34
HedgeYourBets Join Date Aug 2008 Posts 4,655 Senior Member	Apart from whatever reasons one may find in linguistics, using the term "proto-whatever" has the virtue of avoiding a feeling of having been left out, in the minds ( of people ) of the other members of a language family. It will promote an objective research environment.
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