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From: Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net>
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Subject: Re: PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars ...
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:10:20 +0200
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On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:41:13 -0700, HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb>
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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