etiquette (was RE: Proposal for a new variant subtag of thefrench language (fr)

[Debbie Garside]

Just my thru'pence worth... in the UK to refer to someone by their surname
only is considered derogatory.

Best regards

Ms Debbie Garside (but you can call me Debbie :-))

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no
> [mailto:ietf-languages-bounces at alvestrand.no] On Behalf Of
> Stephane Bortzmeyer
> Sent: 11 December 2007 13:58
> To: Peter Constable
> Cc: ietf-languages at alvestrand.no
> Subject: Re: etiquette (was RE: Proposal for a new variant
> subtag of thefrench language (fr)
>
> On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 06:40:55AM -0800,  Peter Constable
> <petercon at microsoft.com> wrote  a message of 20 lines which said:
>
> > Can we agree that there are people from different cultures on this
> > list and that, in different English-speaking cultures, it is not
> > uncommon practice to *refer* to a person by their surname,
>
> A very good article here:
>
> http://blog.jclark.com/2007/12/thai-personal-names.html
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