Dear Mic: OK, Mic it is ... from now on... I am relieved.. no more dr etc ... did it innocently... not meaning to downgrade a possible dr... you see... In Indian system I got beaten up ( on internet) for not giving due respect.. as if the degree made me or them.. so I am guilty of over-reaching... forgive me...
Similarly Usha di is really not respecting my age, its a play on my name to distuinguish my writing from others of the same name (many) and same profession ( a little smaller nember) etc... etc ... and most people are indeed younger than me... ha ha... I have used or run into MMNPD long before I came to Indiatreepix.. so know your work... as some annonymous effort from a univ... now I have a personality to go with it... well. Usha di ======= On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:56 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > I will only tell our members that Mic is like our Dinesh ji (in simle > terms so that they connect with him better) as he compiles names in > different world languages including ours along with many other things. > This is his website: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/ > Pl. have a look- you will get a better idea. > > Thanks, Mic to be with us. > > On 17 May 2012 02:23, OZmic <[email protected]> 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 > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1860 members & > 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- Usha di ===========
