CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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10. Although I'm not intimately familiar with his written works, I'm pretty certain he didn't write any fiction; that was published anyway.
Historical Figures 20 Questions v2
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That makes me think he was more known for being something else other than an author... so the question would be: was he predominantly known as an author?
CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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11. No, he was not predominantly known (to the world) as an author...
(You can blame Foro for leading you down that garden path!
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Dr. Eddies Wingman
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Maybe his authored works were of a different nature;
Was it a scientist?
Was it a scientist?
harrisdevot
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Cried, although saying that he is a man, you several times employed they. Important or casual ?
CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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12. No, he was not a Scientist.
Just referred to him as "person" & "they" until someone asked me what gender the person was, harrisdevot. I can use "he" now as the gender has been established. Nothing more complicated than that. I'll not count that as a question.
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The SMX analysis:
No one has wondered why "from" is in quotes like that?
That seems likely but not yet confirmed. Are we assuming "Asia" includes the Middle East?
So here's what is ruled out:
That's very broad, and I'm not sure it's worth pursuing. Cried never said the works were published, or that the written form is the only form. For all we know the "authored works" could be INXS song lyrics by Michael Hutchence.
No one has wondered why "from" is in quotes like that?
That seems likely but not yet confirmed. Are we assuming "Asia" includes the Middle East?
So here's what is ruled out:
That's very broad, and I'm not sure it's worth pursuing. Cried never said the works were published, or that the written form is the only form. For all we know the "authored works" could be INXS song lyrics by Michael Hutchence.
CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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There actually isn't any significance in this case. I'm just meaning: if you ask where someone is from, are you asking if they were born there? To me, these aren't the same question.
It depends what part (e.g. what country) of the Middle East you're talking about. We seem to be occassionally mixing continents with regions. You tell me what Asia you're referring to & I'll re-answer the question!
Later on I mentioned that I didn't think he'd written any fiction, certainly not that was published; the implication being that the other "works" I said were authored were published. By mentioning "written form" I was just trying to show how I was answering the question. When I think "author" I think the written word e.g. books.
Dr. Eddies Wingman
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It depends what part (e.g. what country) of the Middle East you're talking about. We seem to be occassionally mixing continents with regions. You tell me what Asia you're referring to & I'll re-answer the question!
As I didn't specify more, I thought it was obvious that I was referring to Asia in its most general definition, e.g. the Eurasian continent minus Europe, the border being defined by the Ural mountains, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus and the Black Sea.
CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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Aye, okay; answer is still no then.
Do I seriously need to post maps of what the continents are?
CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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I don't know, why don't you ask SMX; it was he who asked whether the Middle East was part of Asia. What happens if the guy was from Egypt, Russia, or Turkey? What if he was from a South American country that doesn't speak a Romance language. These are perfectly acceptable points to split hairs over!
Either way, none of this has anything to do with the guy I'm thinking of. But, yeh, post some maps if you want.
Yeah, I might do that.
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That's confusing, though. If it doesn't have to do with your puzzle, then why are you pointing it out?
Actually, what I asked was:
and my point was not about the Middle East, but about our assumptions. Dr.EW went straight to:
and I merely meant to point out this conclusion could still be wrong.
CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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Me talking about something irrelevant? Nothing to be confused about there, Perun...
That was broadly my point too. And nobody has asked me if he's Australian.
Dr. Eddies Wingman
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Then you would have to decide whether to count him as African, European or Asian, and we would have to guess based on your answers
Seeing as we have ruled out all continents which share countries, this is a huge side track. Unless you have given us Stalin and decided Georgia is neither Europe nor Asia.
Was the person in question from Australia?