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I choo choo choose you (Score:2)
There should be another addendum to Godwin's Law:
As the number on comments on a thread increases, the probably of a Simpsons reference (and Ralph Wiggum in particular) approaches 1.
aryans in the news (Score:1)
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/unearthed-aryan-cities-rewrite-history/story-e6frg6so-1225933563131 [theaustralian.com.au]
"BRONZE Age cities archaeologists say could be the precursor of Western civilisation is being uncovered in excavations on the Russian steppe.
Twenty of the spiral-shaped settlements, believed to be the original home of the Aryan people, have been identified, and there are about 50 more suspected sites. They all lie buried in a region more than 640km long near Russia's border with Kazakhstan.
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You prob
Re: (Score:2)
I too, prefer the Indo-Iranian designation. Aryan does fine, too. It has so many specific connotations with 20th Century pseudo ethnography - and with Vedantic associations.