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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Is that the same farmer who was outstanding in his field?
1 Doctor Who
2 C.S. Lewis' space trilogy
I Pict a fine time to forget to ping you.
a lot of the extant pictish carved stones have no discernible story, but they do have a lot of commonly found elements - discs, combs, cannot remember other items. There is some debate on what language family pictish belonged to, though q-celtic seems to be favored. IIRC the pictish king name Drost is believed to be a form of Tristan, which would support the celtic-language theory with its consonant mutation (t-d or d-t, I cannot remember now, though I did study welsh some time ago).
good haggis is excellent, and if it is given to you without you knowing what it is, you would never even know. McSweens seems to be the best in scotland nationally.
Think of your late 20’s, that’s when it came out! :)
I know what it is. My quote was from it too.
And I was about eight years old when it came out.
I never date any women over 30...
...if they’re over 30, they’ve already heard all my pict-up lines.
badaboom, badabing.
I think you are wrong about “we rode for a month”. I think “they went out at the time of the full moon” as that was the best time to go places before electric lights.
I read somewhere, recently, that Julius Caesar wrote that the Pictish language was closely related to the language of the Basques.
From top to bottom
From the temple of the heavens
Warriors embark on a journey by night
Making war with neighboring tribe
Telling the story of a great battle to an elder of the temple or an elder of some significance
Let me know if you find it.
Thanks WoofDog123.
Considering the Scottish climate I just can’t picture the women parading nude over the countryside.
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