On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Joseph Alotta wrote: [...] > > thing, so I don't read any impoliteness into your request, but only > > because of conscious effort not to. [...] > He did say "please". I think his request was polite and to the point. > > You are asking too much from non-native speakers. Let's see how well > you do in his language.
You're right: I probably should have said that in private email (which I guess would be OK, extrapolating from the fact that *I'd* rather be told if my use of a language came across as impolite). Sorry, Suryya: no impoliteness was meant on *my* end either! John
