Handfuls of Unrelated Forms

[Stefan Georg]

Of course my posting was more than silly (especially since the Greek
I displayed in it was somewhat less than spotless - serves me well!).
It is just that, every now and then, I feel hard pressed to resist
starting what our list-owner calls a slanging match with youknowwho.
Knowing that I'm  at best making a fool out of myself, I promise not
to react to such postings any more.
My relation to Mr. Ryan deteriorated seriously when he posted
unauthorized (mis-)quotes from private exchanges on the sister-list
which were directed at undermining my reputation (and had nothing
whatsoever to do with linguistics).
Ignoring this would have been the best policy, but I went so far as
to try to persuade our moderator to remove PR from the lists, which
he - for good and respectable reasons - could not accept (but I have
no problems to confess that I did try).
Since then, I have been refraining from reacting to PRs postings
(with this - puerile - exception).
My apologies to everyone who is not exactly interested in this kind
of stuff (arguably the majority).

StG

>> One of the reasons linguistics makes such little progress is that people
>> with so little Greek are permitted to voice their irrelevant opinion in
>> specialist fora.

>Whoa-up there buddy!
>I am grateful for those who raise any linguistic questions in these fora.
>My  Latin, Greek and Sanskrit happen to be more than passable, but it is an
>excellent discipline for me to have to defend or argue particular positions
>which perhaps I have never questioned because they are "common knowledge".
>I also discover the gaps in my own so-called knowledge.

>I am also grateful to the colleagues on this list who tolerate my stupidity
>when I, in turn, voice an opinion in an area where I lack the necessary
>specialist knowledge, but don't realise it.

>So all of you out there with no Greek - firstly go out and learn some, but
>also go on stating your opinions!

>Peter

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Dr. Stefan Georg
Heerstrasse 7
D-53111 Bonn

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