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Ancient language mystery deepens (Scotland)
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| August 10, 2010
| Victoria Gill
Posted on 08/11/2010 2:35:32 PM PDT by decimon
A linguistic mystery has arisen surrounding symbol-inscribed stones in Scotland that predate the formation of the country itself.
The stones are believed to have been carved by members of an ancient people known as the Picts, who thrived in what is now Scotland from the 4th to the 9th Centuries.
These symbols, researchers say, are probably "words" rather than images.
But their conclusions have raised criticism from some linguists.
The research team, led by Professor Rob Lee from Exeter University in the UK, examined symbols on more than 200 carved stones.
They used a mathematical method to quantify patterns contained within the symbols, in an effort to find out if they conveyed meaning.
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: caledonia; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; pictish; picts; scotland; scotlandyet; scots; tanistry
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To: decimon
A linguistic mystery has arisen surrounding symbol-inscribed stones in Scotland that predate the formation of the country itself. The stones are believed to have been carved by members of an ancient people known as the Picts, who thrived in what is now Scotland from the 4th to the 9th Centuries.
... so those would be ... pictographs?
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:01:05 PM PDT
by
x
To: decimon
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:02:26 PM PDT
by
ansel12
To: wxgesr
Haggis is not nasty crap. It’s quite good, really.
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:04:00 PM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(I am not Scots either.)
To: decimon
It's not a language or pictograph. It's actually the fossilized remains of Lilliputians riding atop a herd of Eohippus, tragically crushed flat by a falling garden gate into a muddy recess and perfectly preserved.
And whales used to be bears.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:04:34 PM PDT
by
The Comedian
(Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
To: SunkenCiv
"...in an effort to find out if they conveyed meaning."If? IF???
To: paudio
I wasn’t there but I recognize the style.
It’s designed to be easily interpreted.
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:07:12 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Pablo is very wily)
To: TheOldLady
Haggis is not nasty crap. It's like a big fat sausage.
Nummy!
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:08:40 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Pablo is very wily)
To: wxgesr
"Git yer haggis, right here. Chopped heart n' lungs. Boiled in a wee sheeps' stomach. Tastes as good as it sounds. Good for what ails ya.... ugh. Ugh."
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:12:48 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: decimon
I isnt the figures they are stumped on, its the symbols on the top.
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:13:02 PM PDT
by
crz
To: martin_fierro
Rune thing leads to another.
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:17:08 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: JoeProBono
That woman is carring some mighty big picts.
To: rdl6989
It says A bunch of guys got on horses and went somewhere. Im Scots-Irish yknow.
ROTFL!
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:20:19 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Som tasim `aleykha melekh 'asher yivchar HaShem 'Eloqeykha bo . . .)
To: fhayek
Its either a recipe for whisky, or the rules of golf.Okay, that's good too!
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:21:52 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Som tasim `aleykha melekh 'asher yivchar HaShem 'Eloqeykha bo . . .)
To: humblegunner
Who is the skinny guy up top taking a whiz?
And why did he do it in front of the king there on the throne with the hole in his foot?
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:34:03 PM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: decimon
My last name is either Scottish or English. I’m rooting for the Scottish origin.
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:37:14 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
To: decimon
Kull is King, Picts, fear him.
Easy translation.
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:39:51 PM PDT
by
11Bush
To: decimon
I'll just look the symbols up in my ( drum roll please)
To: Jewbacca
Origin of the royal lineage.
Symbol of home & hearth. Indicative of long standing (stable) origins.
He’s not taking a whiz, he indicating patrilineal descent.
But it’s fun to think maybe he’s pissing unto the king.
Who knows.
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:44:26 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Pablo is very wily)
To: rdl6989
“Im Scots-Irish yknow.”
Damn! Me too (with a little Welsh), I could read it right off. It’s genetics I tell you.
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:48:59 PM PDT
by
dljordan
("His father's sword he hath girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him")
To: JoeProBono
I’ve seen women like her walking around Boulder. Without the spears of course.
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posted on
08/11/2010 3:50:01 PM PDT
by
dljordan
("His father's sword he hath girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him")
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