Dear all,
Who am I ? this question seems to bother a number of people. I have
explained this to a few but they have been very discreet about it. I thank
them for their discretion.
Well! for the benefit of everyone my name is Michel, neither Michelle
(fem.) nor Michael. Formally I am Michel H. Porcher (Mr.). I have many
online aliases.
I chose "OZmic" for this forum, meaning Mic from Australia. So I keep
asking people to call me Mic.
However you are welcome to call me anything you like. I love your
expression "ji" so if you can fit this in I'll be delighted but "Michel ji"
may not sound good to you, I don't know.
On the other hand being non-conformist I do not like much being addressed
as Mr. or Sir, although I am aware that this is normal and polite in
various countries and languages. I do not like my surname either which
means "pig-keeper" in French. In Australia we tend to call people by their
first name, often a derived nickname. For example Barry becomes Bazza,
Daryl becomes Dazza, William becomes Bill, Danny becomes Dan etc. This is a
device to bring about a superficial egalitarian society. In depth however
our society is like any other with its social structures or classes. I
always find these names amusing.
I am honored when one calls me Dr. but I do not have a PhD. I have studied
my subjects hard in an autodidactic fashion in order to develop my chosen
field of multilingual nomenclature. Studying this at University would have
meant a lot of time and efforts wasted learning a lot of things beneficial
to my general culture but irrelevant to my chosen activity.
Thanks for your understanding.
Mic
