"centum"/"satem" "exceptions" [was Re: Northwest IE attributes]

[JoatSimeon at aol.com]

>proto-language at email.msn.com writes:

>I believe the process through which this happened is roughly that Nostratic,
>which had phonemic /e,a,o/ came into areal contact which Caucasian languages
>that favored extreme vowel reduction, and transference of vocalic
>differences to glides: CE -> Cya; CO -> Cwa,  >>

-- I thought this was the _Indo-European_ list?  Since most people here
probably classify "Nostratic" with the tooth fairy, must we waste our time?

[ Moderator's comment:
  Would your reaction be as strong if Mr. Ryan had said "pre-IE" instead of
  "Nostratic"?
  --rma ]