On 16 February 2012 12:32, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16 February 2012 11:27, John Du Hart <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is this really something to get upset over? It's not as if he was calling >> you stupid, he simply misspelled your name (shortened it, really). > > > People's own names are extremely important to them.
Very true. When I was in school learning journalism, that was the only way to get an automatic fail: getting someone's name wrong. (Now I say that, I guess you also failed if you plagiarized or fabricated. But getting someone's name wrong was the most seemingly-trivial way to fail.) While we're on the topic, here's a public service announcement. It's Bishakha Datta, not Bishaka Datta. The single most-frequently misspelled name on our lists, AFAICT. Also, Erik Moeller or Erik Möller with umlaut. Never Erik Moller with no umlaut :-) Thanks, Sue _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
