--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
wrote:

> i18n@... wrote:

> > He did mean it as an insult. He has quite the history of it

here, and as

> > I found out this week elsewhere as well. He is an internet kook.

Pay him

> > no mind. this is not his list, and the moderator has passed no
> > judgements about any computer related discussions or anything

else.

> > Don't let his haranguing fool you into believing there is a

consensis to

> > split this list becuase there isn't. Come on back!
>
> Pay no attention to this anonymous bloviator (who is now posing as

a

> mind-reader), who is given to baseless charges and quite evidently

has

> no qualifications for posting to a list about the world's writing
> systems.

"To bloviate (pronounced BLOW-vee-ayt) is to speak or write
overexpansively or with undue grandiosity."

Barry never came across as a bloviator.

Barry, who has been in this forum much longer than I have, seems to
have drawn fire only after standing up for me.

Barry is right, Mr.Daniels does have a usenet history and it is so
extensive that no one could possibly accuse anyone of mindreading
when it comes to Mr. Daniels. He has repeatedly insulted women,
only to pass it off as a 'joke' or 'rhetoric'. He did comment on
usenet that the writing system list has been taken over by computer
engineers, - so no mindreading needed there. His internet history
boggles my imagination. Barry is telling the truth.

Barry defended my search for a syllabic editor (while others have
helpfully contributed to my knowledge of computer systems.)

Concerning Mr.Daniels - I spent last weekend reading about
neosyllabaries in Marcel Cohen and James Fevrier and now I have no
one to discuss it with. Schade!

Suzanne McCarthy