I find "oi, you" works pretty well! ;) On Feb 16, 2012 3:09 PM, "Sue Gardner" <sgard...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On 16 February 2012 12:32, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 16 February 2012 11:27, John Du Hart <compwhi...@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 > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
