i18n@... wrote:

>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Hmm, could have 2 issues confused. Perhaps it was when someone referred
> to you as "Pete" or left out your middle initial in a citation of some
> sort. I guess we are going to get into a knock down drag out fight
> although I don't want to and I will have to go through the voluminous
> messages you have left behind to find out what it was to cause me to
> think this. But it won't be high on my agenda - you will have to be
> patient or do it yourself.
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> Except for those of us that know each other in person (as some can say
> of me on this list), that would be true for all of us. I have no idea
> what your true name is either, nor do I care. I jsut refer to you the
> way you sign your messages, and I expect the same courtesy from you.

If you're not even aware of my publications, what are you doing on a
list devoted to the study of what they are about, viz., writing systems?

> > > 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*.
>
> Having been living near the respective cities when the proverbial shit
> hit the fans in drug scandals concerning both Barry Bonds and Marion
> Barry, I can assure you my friends have had plenty of fun with me and
> the ensuing very large font headlines they produced :)
>
> No, I am not any of the aforementioned people named Barry.

I also thought of the Australianist linguist Barry Blake.

And you have no publications anywhere that might interest qalamites?
Then, once more, why are you here?

> Best,
>
> Barry
>
> PS - not sure if this is better for this list or for vellum (which I am
> not on) or both, but this just occurred to me while writing about large
> headline on qalam -
>
> To what extent do various writing systems and their fonts use more or
> less ink in a production heavy environment such as daily newspapers or
> books? Seems as if there is a variation in ink usage and production
> effort of just a few percent between some serif and some other non-serif
> font, that might make a difference to a newspaper these days or in days
> of yore. Does anyone have any info?

I once somewhere saw a claimed statistic about the amount of ink saved
when some major newspaper stopped printing a period at the end of its
masthead.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...