suzmccarth wrote:

>
> --- 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.

The person who brought the word into public discourse, the late
president Warren G. Harding, used it of himself and considered it a
compliment. See Alan Metcalf's recent book on presidential literary
style.

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

I have no idea who stood up for you and who didn't.

> 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,

Why are you repeating the slander of the nincompoop who calls herself
"Comm"? Where are your examples of "repeatedly insult[ing] 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.

Of course. It was true.

> His internet history
> boggles my imagination. Barry is telling the truth.

Do share some of the relevant figments of your imagination.

> 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!

If you have actually dispelled some of your misconceptions, I would be
_delighted_ to discuss your new views. It would be a very welcome change
from "syllabic editors."
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...