On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 19:43:08 +0100, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 04:04:40PM -0400, Bob Shell wrote: >> Why would you use a familiar nickname for someone you do not know? >> Mr. Keppler is an old friend of mine, and he despises being called >> Herb. His nickname, to those of us who know him, is Burt. To anyone >> else he is Herbert or Mr. Keppler. Show the man some respect. >> >> Bob > > Are you sure it's spelled that way, and not "Bert" ? Definitely. Spelling Burt wrongly is a cuning trap set by Bert and his friends so that they know that people who spell it Bert aren't real friends, and are being disrespectful and over-familiar. John -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
