Bapopik

[Robert Fitzke]

>From another onlooker; well said, Jesse

Bob Fitzke


 Original Message -----
From: Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: Bapopik


> > As an amateur without academic credentials, I've been very hesitant to
> > comment on a person who is apparently a noted authority, but frankly I
> > have been annoyed with Mr. Popik's voluminous and seemingly immaterial
> > comments on such things as foreign terms not included in OED, imagined
> > personal slights from people with better things to do, and long-winded
> > excerpts from ephemera whose ephemeral status is well-deserved.
>
> You don't have to read it. There are professionals here who find an
> enormous amount of value in his ceaseless researches into subjects
> that many amateurs consider well-deservedly ephemeral.
>
> > There have been some gems in his material, but not enough to warrant the
> > dreck he has produced,
>
> In your opinion. Others would differ.
>
> > I have been, and shall continue to be, deleting any further e-mail
> > with his name as sender without bothering to read it.
>
> OK. This is easy enough to do; you could even set up a filter to
> prevent Barry's mail from even appearing in your in-box.
>
> > I am reporting this not to urge anyone else to join me in this embargo
> > (after all, I'm just a dabbler, while he is presumably a professional),
>
> Actually, as Barry very frequently posts--most recently, yesterday--he
> is an amateur. He also mentioned last week that the headquarters of his
> job was--or, rather, had been--in the World Trade Center.
>
> > but merely to request that any of your replies to him be phrased with
the
> > understanding that not everyone with an interest in _your comments will
> > have bothered to read his original messages.
>
> I'm sorry, but because _you_ don't want to read Barry's posts, _we_ should
> all change our behavior to accommodate you? Barry's posts are archived
> along with the rest of the list; if you want to catch up you can go to
> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?S1=ads-l and do so.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
>