Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For that matter, there are plenty of people who are better known by some > nickname that is not their legal name.
Yep. For example, some people whose legal name is "Alessandro" (which no American is ever going to be able to spell right -- ONE L, TWO S's, NOT an X or a J instead, "DRO" ending rather than "DER", etc), might choose to avoid the hassle and go by "Alex" (just to make up a case...). Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list