Re Somebody's Books on Pinyin are for fools

one of the reasons may be that illiterates cannot handle things in internet at all (cf. above). What about a basic course in reading skills?

Somebody is far from illiterate! We've had our run-ins in the past (worse than you and I Turnoi!) but there's no denying he is an incredibly articulate and very clever individual! You really are barking up the wrong tree with this one, Turnoi!