XPost: alt.messianic, alt.religion.w-w-church-god, soc.history.ancient   
   From: big_mart_98@yahoo.com   
      
   izzy wrote:   
   >>>in particular Welsh is cited as being related to Phoenician (Semitic) but   
   this linguistic relation is not implied to mean a biological relation. <<   
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   >   
   > There was an opportunity for mutual borrowing when the Phoenicians   
   > obtained tin from Cornwall (England).   
   >   
   > This may account for the fact that (based on a het-W parallel) the   
   > Welsh rabbit is merely a list of its ingredients in Semitic:   
   >   
   > het-lamed-vet     W-L-v        = milk; cheese   
   > shin-khaf-resh   SH-kh-R     = ale    (beer without hops)   
   > peh-taf              P-T lekhem = toast (compare pita)   
   >   
   > WLSHRPT => Welsh Rabbit   
   >   
   > ciao,   
   > Israel "izzy" Cohen   
   >   
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