Chris Rebert wrote:
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:27 AM, Andreas Waldenburger
<use...@geekmail.invalid> wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:37:21 +0100 Simon Brunning
<si...@brunningonline.net> wrote:
On 10 June 2010 08:19, Shashwat Anand <anand.shash...@gmail.com>
wrote:
And please stop using 'sir' for heaven's sake.
Not least because list list isn't male only.
Not that I know a lot about Indian English, but I think the Indian mind
tends to use "Sir" as a general respectful address. Or such.
In any case, if one is using an address, it needs to be plural since
mailinglists/usenet involve communicating with a multitude.
Cheers,
Chris
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