XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   On 7/22/2024 9:40 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:57:39 -0700, HenHanna    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 4/13/2024 11:33 AM, HenHanna wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> so it seems PTD wasn't a big fish (Trump) elsewhere.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   > The BIG FISH comment reminds me of a Master's thesis, I forget where,   
   >>>   > that analysed roles of people in newsgroups. It caused great amusement   
   >>>   > here (AUE) because it so badly miscategorised the roles of the   
   >>>   > regulars. In   
   >>>   > particular, it concluded that PTD was the most-respected of the AUE   
   >>>   > regulars, because of the many responses to him. It's true that he did   
   >>>   > start the most arguments.   
   >   
      
      
   > PTD was a regular in sci.lang via Googlegroups, and suddenly jumped   
   > into aue as a result of something that was crossposted there.   
      
   When was that?   
      
   >   
   > He became something of a notorious nuisance, a source of   
   > misinformation about which he was in constant dispute. He was rather a   
   > disruptive influence.   
   >   
   > He could contribute useful information on topics he knew something   
   > about, but he became argumentative about things of which he was   
   > altogether ignorant.   
   >   
   > The instance I remember most was when he denied that the town of El   
   > Paso, Illinois, existed, and continued to deny its existence no matter   
   > what evidence was put before him.   
   >   
      
                                       (thanks... i'll look that up)   
      
      
      
          The instance I remember most was when he (PTD) opined that Most   
   Chinese words consisted of 2 Chinese characters.   
      
   I and another person gave examples   
               ("Wo ai ni",   
                    Wood, Water, sky, river, person, paper, ...   
                    Most basic words and verbs are 1-character)   
      
   but that was when  PTD  became  [quintessentially PTD].   
      
      
   i couldn't quite tell   
          1. if he was  convinced of some fact, info, or assertion, or   
          2. if he was  just being like a 5 year old boy.   
      
      
   _________________   
      
   Another thing i remember about him...   
   a few months after exchanging 100+ messages in this way...   
               he didn't remember my name (HenHanna)  at all.   
      
   Was he the same way toward  AUE  regulars?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)