[fixed the top-posting] On Mon,03.Aug.09, 17:16:18, Neal Hogan wrote: > >> ok ,ok . . . I'll just be gender neutral from now on. I apologize for > >> offending anyone. I wasn't referring to Mr. Po . . . I mean . . . > >> Andrei as male under the stereotype that all computer nerds are guys. > >> I figured (correctly, I might add) that he . . . I mean . . . it was a > >> guy. > >> > >> (now, I probably offended Andrei) > > Err, was there something offensive in there? :) Sorry for starting this > > discussion, I was just a bit curious about your quite formal addressing. > I referred to you as "it." I took that as an attempt to be gender neutral and didn't take any offense. Avoiding such cases (where somebody indeed might be offended) are one more reason to drop the Mrs/Mr and just mention posters by name ;) Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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