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From: rcd@ico.ISC.COM (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Troff Macro Programming A: Part 1 [repost]
Summary: oops
Message-ID: <15796@vail.ICO.ISC.COM>
Date: 25 May 89 05:03:33 GMT
References: <18@nx32s.anduk.co.uk> <15768@vail.ICO.ISC.COM> <20@nx32s.anduk.co.uk> <15795@vail.ICO.ISC.COM>
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Organization: Interactive Systems Corp, Boulder, CO
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In article <15795@vail.ICO.ISC.COM>, I screwed up:
In discussing what Mr Quin took as rudeness, I pointed out that it was not
immediately clear that I should use Mr, but then said:

> 	  ...I could at best use "M- Liam", which is an affecta-
> 	  tion and would still leave open the possibility that, in choosing
> 	  a more formal address, I should have said "Dr Liam".

Please, s/Liam/Quin/, and this should make it obvious that I don't have any
cultural reference to associate sex with the name "Liam" since I don't even
have an association to identify it as curname or given name!  (This happens
with "English" names as well, of course--"James" or "Scott" commonly occur
in either use.)
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Dick Dunn      UUCP: {ncar,nbires}!ico!rcd           (303)449-2870
   ...CAUTION:  I get mean when my blood-capsaicin level gets low.