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Date:      Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:01:08 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: rc.d patch to test out
Message-ID:  <15328.51460.27299.496597@caddis.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011031182709.C94270@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110301559430.8989-100000@smtp.gnf.org> <20011031182709.C94270@dragon.nuxi.com>

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> On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 04:39:51PM -0800, Gordon Tetlow wrote:
> > Since O'Brien ...
> 
> *sigh*  Is people's grammer gotten this bad in emails these days?
> 
> Calling someone by their last name like that is rude and not proper
> English grammer. 

Not where I'm from.  It's considered as normal as using someone's first
name, and in other cultures using a first name is actually rude.




Nate

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