Am I the one person feeling that the way this debate is going in a stupid direction that is totally irrelevant to the scope of this list ? I thought we were to discuss " Movement roles letter, Feb 2012 ". Just a gentle reminder ! :P
Regards Tinu Cherian On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter <pute...@mccme.ru>wrote: > On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:07:15 +0100, Milos Rancic <mill...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I wouldn't comment Jan-Bart's wish, but I have comparable position > > toward usage of particular words: If email in my inbox begins with > > "Dear Milos" (especially in Serbian) by a person not so close to me, I > > would treat it as over-formal tone. (One of my friends sends such > > emails to trash automatically.) I would automatically have negative > > attitude toward that person. There are a couple of other wrong > > beginnings of email if someone wants my [positive] attention. "Dear > > Sir" (literally in Serbian "Respected Mister") is worse than "Dear > > Milos", for example. > > > > Now I am pretty sure I must have written "Dear Milos" on several > occasions, since this is what I normally would write. I hope it was fine. > Or may be these mails have gone to trash. > > I personally have my name misspelt so often that I do not care anymore. If > people insist on misspelling it I try to remind tactfully. > > Cheers > Yaroslav > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l