Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Hayes Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,sci.lang Subject: Re: PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars ... Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:10:20 +0200 Organization: Khanya Publications Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: hayesstw@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:05:53 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="12ef69894158bad7504043de748a182f"; logging-data="2796721"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+nm1otLMaSZo+0+ImNtQgeMPHAjCinnSc=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:EhDXtuClVDbQpWQHkdEQQ0NaJ40= X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652 Bytes: 2619 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. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk