XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:41:13 -0700, HenHanna    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 7/22/2024 9:40 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >> 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?   
      
   I can't remember exactly, but probably about 15-20 years ago.   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   In his own field he had some useful information, but outside his field   
   he could be very dogmatic about things that he simply got wrong.   
      
      
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