i18n@... wrote:

>
> Peter -
>
> I don't dislike you but I can easily imagine that you meet lots of
> people in your life who do.
>
> For example, once you insisted here that people use your name and
> academic title properly, but you childishly choose to troll and provoke

That's impossible, as I don't have an academic title.

I object only to the use of "Daniel's" as if it were the possessive of
Daniels, and I don't recall anyone on qalam doing that.

> by putting mine in double quotes as though it is not my real name.

I have no idea what your real name may be.

> It does quite amuse me how much it bugs you that you really don't know
> who I am yet! And as long as I find you amusing, I won't dislike you.
> Sorry if that disappoints you.
>
> I can't vouch for Seshat, but I can assure you my name is in fact Barry
> (and has been since birth!).

I've heard of Barry Farber, a rwnc who wrote a book about "learning any
language." I hope that's not you. And Barry Bostwick, a marvelous actor.
And Barry Fitzgerald, a long-deceased character actor who specialized in
priests. And Gene Barry, whom I saw in the original production of *La
Cage aux Folles*.

> Best,
>
> Barry
>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
> > i18n@... wrote:
> > >
> > > Which Unicode contributor was that? I don't think it was Tex. The only
> > > annoyed person I recall was Peter T. D. , and he has been pretty up
> > > front that he is not interested in Unicode. And I believe him when he
> > > says that - his actions and words speak for themselves.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Barry
> > >
> > > Richard Wordingham wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "i18n@..." <i18n@...> wrote:
> > > > > > --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > > Though "vellum" seems an odd name for a place for talking about
> > > > > > > computers.
> > > >
> > > > > So the moderator here has ordained that all talk of computers on this
> > > > > list is verboten?
> > > >
> > > > No. However, the discussions of the mechanism of a golf-ball
> > > > typewriter seemed to be off-topic, and certainly annoyed one of the
> > > > Unicode contributors on the list. I therefore proposed that we start
> > > > a satellite group for such discussions of writing technology, as
> > > > opposed to writing systems, and hoped that the owner, Seshat, would
> > > > advise on where we draw the boundary. We still await such guidance.
> >
> >
> > "Barry" seems to have taken quite a dislike to me.
> >
> > I suggest that qalam be used for talking about writing systems, and some
> > other venue, perhaps vellum, be used for talking about computers.
> >
> > Nicholas, who might have more reason than "Barry" to be annoyed with me,
> > is the person who hasn't recognized the difference yet.
> >
> > As for "who's who," it seems that "Barry" and "Seshat" are the only
> > people who post here who won't reveal their names.

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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...