> Howard Winter wrote:
> > > Do me a favour and spell your name phonetically
> > > (both first and last) so I know how to 'hear' it in my
> > > mind when I read it all the time on this list.
> > > I'm pretty good with foreign langs and accents,
> > > but I'm sure I'm mangling yours.
> >
> > As nobody seems to have answered, ...
> 
> This is because the guy:
> - asked without "please"; it's impolite.
> - asked about personal info without naming himself; it's heck 
> of impolite.
> - started a message with "Hey" to a respected person; it's 
> ***** impolite.

No need to try to attribute anything to more complex reasons when human
error is sufficient. (This rule can be applied to most complot therories
as well.)

I missed the message, so I never responded. I probably missed it because
I was moving to a new house, and afterwards had to catch up with 500+
piclist messages. When I have all my gear up and some customers off my
back I'll make a sound snippet on my webpage pronouncing my name.

PS the post I am now replying to has an attribution error: the text
below "Howard Winter wrote" was *not* written by Howard.

Wouter van Ooijen

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