On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 11:09 PM, Béria Lima <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gomà called him Jan at least 3 times today and no one complained. > > Everyone in Brazil calls me "B" (yah, just the first letter) and here is > VERY common to shortening people's names. Is more a way to write it fast > than to offend anyone. I can call him Mister de Vreede if you all find this > ok, but that would be even more condescending (In my country we only threat > people we really dislike by their last name). > _____ > *Béria Lima* > > Jan-Bart and others have asked that you call him Jan-Bart. What part of that is confusing? You can ascribe your first error to different custom; continuing to ignore his wishes is simply arrogant and offensive, which of course I'm sure is not your intent. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
