Nice to know about you Mr. Procher. I had a glance at your MMPND site just to see one plant: Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennel. One of the Hindi names, Mandukparni, will mean, "manduk" - frog, "parni" - leaf pertaining to frog like jumping leaves. And this name implies to Centella asiatica (L.) Urban [family: Mackinlayaceae]. Hope to learn more from you in the coming times. Best regards Pankaj
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. Conservation Officer Office: Orchid Conservation Section Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Residence: 36C, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thursday, 17 May 2012 04:53:36 UTC+8, OZmic wrote: > > 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 On Thursday, 17 May 2012 04:53:36 UTC+8, OZmic wrote: > > 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
