Moin, One of my English teachers in school warned us about the usage of the word "Sir", because as non-native speakers we could hit the wrong tone w/o even knowing it.
And now I just have to bring in the future EU energy commissioner Günther Öttinger and his attempt to speak English in public: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAohH3I01l0 Thomas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.