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

[Philippe Beaudette]

Agreed.  As one of those whose name is frequently butchered due to our
medium of communications (who knows how I want it pronounced until/unless
you meet me or someone who's met me?), the criteria I use in judging
offense is "Has this person ever been told by me how I prefer to be
addressed?  If not, then see step 1.  If so, a mild reminder is in order."
The mild reminders tend to escalate.  After the point of reminder, common
courtesy dictates extra care on the part of the person referring to you.
My friend Aphaia did this very kindly with me years ago, and I have never
gotten it wrong since, to my knowledge.

An exception:  I'll be damned if I'm writing out ""Oliver Keyes, God of
Delphi, Sol, and all Ethereal Planes Known and As-Yet Undiscovered" because
I won't grant - in writing - my own claims to those ethereal planes. :-)

pb
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 7:46 AM, 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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