Re: Thanks for the help...
Thomas:
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From: Liona Kerslake <paulk at UNISERVE.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: Thanks for the help...
> Well, I'm going to make an executive descision and call everyone by their
> first name. I you don't like it, tell me.
Fine by me. Having been 15 for some 35 years now, I can tell you that
a) No one will be offended if you address them respectfully, but, as Kat
implied, some forms of address the recipient may find too restrictive or
even tendentious. Do _you_ know Kat's sex? His/her/its/whatever's attitudes
and preferences? Best avoid hurting others, always.
b) This list is a friendly forum for sharing and collaboration. We are all
equals here. If you start calling me "Mr Brandariz" I'll call you "Mr
Kerslake", which would be equally fine by me (though a shade too formal for
my taste).
c) What would you do about nicknames?
Anyway, it's your decision, not anyone else's. The fact that you're "just"
15 doesn't make you a baby, nor our "inferior". You have every right to
address anyone as you please, as long as your are reasonably courteous. Or
as rude as you can get away with. You choose, you bear the consequences. You
don't choose, you're as good as dead.
Besides, you can call everyone Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Mx/My/Mz and still be
disrespectful as hell. Heard that, you punk kid mistake-of-Nature
welcome-to-the-grownup-world, Mr Kerslake, sir?
Gerardo
(Brandariz)
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