[Foundation-l] My public aplogies to Jan-Bart (was Movement roles letter, Feb 2012)

[Thomas Dalton]

I find "oi, you" works pretty well! ;)
On Feb 16, 2012 3:09 PM, "Sue Gardner" <sgardner at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> On 16 February 2012 12:32, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 16 February 2012 11:27, John Du Hart <compwhizii at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Is this really something to get upset over? It's not as if he was
> calling
> >> you stupid, he simply misspelled your name (shortened it, really).
> >
> >
> > People's own names are extremely important to them.
>
> Very true. When I was in school learning journalism, that was the only
> way to get an automatic fail: getting someone's name wrong. (Now I say
> that, I guess you also failed if you plagiarized or fabricated. But
> getting someone's name wrong was the most seemingly-trivial way to
> fail.)
>
> While we're on the topic, here's a public service announcement. It's
> Bishakha Datta, not Bishaka Datta. The single most-frequently
> misspelled name on our lists, AFAICT. Also, Erik Moeller or Erik
> Möller with umlaut. Never Erik Moller with no umlaut :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Sue
>
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