XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: tonycooper214@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:08:25 -0600, lar3ryca  wrote:   
      
   >On 2024-07-26 02:51, Antonio Marques wrote:   
   >> Steve Hayes  wrote:   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> 3. He was right (as usual), as in this specific case. That some of the core   
   >> vocabulary is the shortest applies to almost any language and as such is   
   >> not relevant to the discussion.   
   >>   
   >>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> People desperately tried to jump on every unqualified statement of his for   
   >> some interpretation that would make him 'wrong'.   
   >   
   >When he did things like claiming that he never said something, and the   
   >proof of his having said it was obvious, especially so when what he said   
   >was actually quoted in his posting denying it, there was no   
   >'desperately' involved.   
      
   I think "People jumped in frustrated by PTD's misstatements..." better   
   described the reaction to PTD's many unqualified statements.   
      
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