Quote Originally Posted by Riadach
I do not. I merely wanted to point this out. However, considering the reaction from many posters, I really shouldn't have wasted my time.
Quote Originally Posted by antiochus epiphanes
it seems youve gone from simply trying to help us to wanting to stir up a reaction from us....
ive been really interested in what you have had to say so i think it was good you brought up these issues. it does strike me that the langauge errors that you have pointed out seem rather basic, i.e ones that no one with any working knowledge of the language should make. In addition i share your concern about these mysterious unpublished cycles. i think those who are defending this do not seem to understand the fundemental nature of what a cycle is - i.e it that it is a large body of varied work around a theme, not 1 book or poem. thus the idea that there could be un-translated cycles out there does strike me as being incredibly unlikley. you would have thought some hint of there existence would at least be present in the oral tradition.

however the eb team seem quite insulted by the suggestion that they may have been taken in by so knd of historical fantasist. as the person in question is not going to be around to defend himself , it would probably be best to accept for the minute that the individual perhaps overeached themselves rather than malisciously tried to trick everyone.

to move forward positively why dont you suggest language changes that you think would be more accurate. highlight specific things that you belive have such little foundation it would be necessary to remove them (unless solid evidence can be provided to the contrary), and suggest alternative quotes to replace the contreversial cycle quotes.

and to the eb team - dont you think it would perhaps be best to remove the contreversial cycle quotes for the present?