In a message dated 1/19/2003 11:24:15 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Doesn't WTG hold the copyright for "William" as a stand alone name on this > > list? > > I don't think so. I hope not. Because that would set a precedent for > another mailing list I'm on, where there are 2 or 3 other Julias, and I > wouldn't be in a position to be the "default" Julia, and would have to > go by something else. :) > > I think that in the situation where 2 or more people share the same > first name, you just kinda figure out from context who the referent is. > (And it's easier in e-mail than in RL, and *eventually* you learn to > figure out from intonation and nonverbal cues just which of the 4 Dans > someone is referring to, without resorting to the nicknames.) > > Julia Sometimes it is absolutely impossible to make a joke here without someone turning it serious. Then again, there's almost nothing serious that can't be turned into a joke. It's on the MUD list where I dropped William for Vilyehm. The last time I got hit with a nonverbal cue, I was backing into an active pool table. Now as to a referent, would it be voiced by Cheech or Chong and would it be as tall as the other Ents? William Taylor --------------------- And wouldn't a referent actually be an Entwife? _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
