On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 5:19 AM, Kyotaro HORIGUCHI <horiguchi.kyot...@lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote: > # By the way, this style of calling a person is quite common > # among Japanese since the first-name basis implies very close > # relationship or it frequently conveys offensive shade. But I'm > # not sure what should I call others who're not Japases native.
Typical usage on this mailing list is to refer to individuals by first name (e.g. Tom, Alvaro, Heikki) or by full name (e.g. Tom Lane, Alvaro Herrera, Heikki Linnakangas). The last name is typically included only when it might otherwise be confusing - for example, you will rarely see people use just "Greg" because there are several people by that name who are reasonably active, but Heikki's last name is almost never mentioned). That having been said, if you want to use the Japanese style, I don't think anyone here will mind. I am personally not totally familiar with it so please forgive me in turn if I should address you or anyone else in a manner that would be considered too familiar in another culture. I try not to do that, but I might make some mistakes. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers