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

[Russavia]

Moller, Moeller, Möller....

Why is it that Горбачёв is Gorbachev, but Семён is always Semyon.

Spare some thought for all the Semyons out there who may have their
name mispelled.


On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Thomas Morton
<morton.thomas at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I used to be really antsy over my name; to the point where, at school, I
> refused to be taught by one teach for a time because she kept calling me
> "Tom". Nowadays even I call myself that.
>
> Surely normal social convention applies; if someone raises the issue then
> "Don't be a dick" and take extra care. Otherwise slip
> ups/confusion/mistakes shouldn't be the end of the world...
>
> Tom
>
> (P.S. it now wierds me out when people call me Thomas... go figure :))
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