"lumpers"

[Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Hans Holm wrote:

> [...]
> I would like to stress that no comparative linguist accepts any publication
> combined with the names 'Shevoroshkin', Starostin, Bengtson, Ruhlen.....
> [...]

Then please accept my resignation from the guild, for I'd like to go on
being inspired by work done by scholars like these who are not afraid to
present an idea for consideration before the matter has advanced to the
point of being self-evident.

Jens Elmegaard Rasmussen