Red Deer in Anatolia

[JoatSimeon at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/25/01 12:22:10 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
X99Lynx at aol.com writes:

> In the IE languages most relevant - those where the fallow may have been
> present natively - the red deer and fallow deer were one thing - a deer.
> Ockham's Razor.  Do not multiply entities needlessly.

-- no.  This is a false statement.  These are distinct terms in enough IE
languages that the attribution of PIE *elhen is secure.