MGM , You are behaving like a Booby[ one of your own terms].
the dictionry defintion of pedant I was going with was: a person who annoys other people by correcting small errors and giving too much attention to minor details, it fits Jim Carroll perfectly, he quibbles over minor detail but will not give credit To Peter Bellamy and other uk Folk Revivalists who appreciated Walter Pardon.
not only is he a pedant but he is predictably tedious.