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Date:      Mon, 04 Dec 2000 13:19:13 -0600
From:      Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>
To:        David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
Cc:        Sassinak <sassinak@jfkadatc.net>, "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   (OT) Re: NSFBUFS in kernel config
Message-ID:  <3A2BEE31.F2338829@math.missouri.edu>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012032320210.385-100000@ipamzlx.physik.uni- mainz.de> <5.0.1.4.1.20001204135928.009f44a0@204.211.2.201> <20001204190650.A27319@walton.maths.tcd.ie>

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David Malone wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 02:00:15PM -0500, Sassinak wrote:
> > At 11:23 PM 12/3/00 +0100, O. Hartmann wrote:
> > >Dear Sirs.
> >
> > *I* am NOT a Sir.
> > I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one.
> 
> I'm sure it's just someone, who's first language isn't English,
> trying to be polite. Politeness is valuable in this world.
> 

Yes, in certain parts of America people often address other people
(especially strangers) at Sir or Ma'am.  As an Englishman living
in Missouri, I have even adopted it myself.

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