This used to be a great list

[Christopher Chan]

On Wednesday, August 25, 2010 06:15 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Res <res at ausics.net
> <mailto:res at ausics.net>> wrote:
>
>     On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Basil Chupin wrote:
>
>      > On 25/08/2010 00:01, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
>      >>
>      >>>       There should be about 3 messages a day to this list now.
>     There are
>      >>> 19 this morning in NM,USA and I expect like this one, most are
>     wondering
>      >>> what happened?
>      >>>
>      >>>
>      >> 3 messages a day only? Talk about low traffic...
>      >>
>      >> Glad things are still a bit lively here.
>      >>
>      >
>      > Chan, may I ask who you are responding to? Your message (above)
>     doesn't
>      > show this information.
>
>
>
>     Why are you adressing him by his sir name chumpin, his name is Chris, be
>     polite or sod off
>
>
> What a perfect example of the trolling that this thread has {turned into
> / been complaining
> about}!
>
> 1: You don't know if that person accepts "Chris", do you? Some people
> prefer the full name.

Heh, yeah, I actually do prefer Christopher but I've given up on that. 
Not enough English folk around to actually see people use Christopher. 
Hm...scratch that, since the school's been taken over by the Kiwis and 
Aussies, even the Brits have resorted to short forms although one new 
colleague has had it announced that she wants to be called by her full 
name by the principal.

> 2: You really ought to know the vocabulary if you're going to pick nits
> about a topic.  The word
>      you want is "surname", not "sir name" (as if it had been knighted?).

Quit picking on his vocabulary. It's more likely spelling.

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