James Machin wrote: > The following article might be of interest to the list (for obvious > reasons!)... > > http://www.physorg.com/news69338070.html I've seen this claimed for classical Attic cultures as well; IIRC as recently as "It's Greek to Me" (Paperback) by Michael Macrone, Tom Lulevitch -- Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com < http://www.io.com/~jwilson >