Béria,
I was not calling you out as the only person doing this, you just happened
to be the most recent. Certainly we have a tradition in my country of
shortening names as well (or just adding the suffix -o or -za to them, so
that "John" becomes "Johnno" or "Barry" becomes
"Bazza"), but I would never
presume to call you "B" or "Bério" or something like that without
first
being invited to do so. In this case, Jan-Bart has made it abundantly
clear that he prefers to be called "Jan-Bart" and not some other name, so
we should leave it at that.
Cheers,
Craig
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:09:27 -0200
From: B?ria Lima <berialima(a)gmail.com>
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Gom? called him Jan at least 3 times today and no one complained.
Everyone in Brazil calls me "B" (yah, just the first letter) and here is
VERY common to shortening people's names. Is more a way to write it fast
than to offend anyone. I can call him Mister de Vreede if you all find this
ok, but that would be even more condescending (In my country we only threat
people we really dislike by their last name).
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*B?ria Lima*
*Imagine um mundo onde ? dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
livre acesso ao somat?rio de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
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On 15 February 2012 23:09, Craig Franklin <craig(a)halo-17.net> wrote:
> I had wanted to keep out of this, but this is the third or fourth time
> that Jan-Bart has been referred to as "Jan". It was an understandable
> enough mistake to make the first time, but it's been pointed out
> enough now that that is no longer an excuse. We do not all have to be
> best of mates, but it is not unreasonable that we all should show some
> basic courtesy towards each other, and taking the time to get each
> other's names right would be a good start.
> If you feel that Jan-Bart is being
condescending towards you, the best
> solution to that problem is not more condescension thrown back in the
> opposite direction.
> Cheers,
> Craig