[Russian Sage]

If I remember the figure correctly, with any two unrelated languages, 40% of functional words will sound roughly alike

Also, I'm really underwhelmed with a lot of the the matches:

• to be bald vs. crested, plumed
• bald head vs. heads or tails
• to be deaf vs. old, ancient
• lips vs. breast

But thanks. I'm always interested in the stuff you post.

[blam]

"If I remember the figure correctly, with any two unrelated languages, 40% of functional words will sound roughly alike."

Maybe all languages are related at some level. Huh? (also, how many different combination of sounds can a human make?)