On 10 June, 10:40, Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmic...@sequans.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- > > The language specification for English leaves much to be desired. > >http://blog.rebertia.com > > Internet rule, number 30: > > "There are no girls on the internet" > > :) > > JM
Ahh, you're forgetting the sub-clause of that rule: "(well actually there are, they just happen to be in .gif and .jpg format)". -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
