Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 16:09:38 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> Cc: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU>, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.ORG>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Language in danger: Language loss Message-ID: <p0511170bb9193fb03492@[137.120.142.179]> In-Reply-To: <20020528152013.M37937@lpt.ens.fr> References: <3CF1CD8C.C3262181@mindspring.com> <20020527014353.B1951@HAL9000.wox.org> <20020528091410.G29491@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020528001001.GA20175@hades.hell.gr> <20020528095208.A16567@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020527175613.A1214@HAL9000.wox.org> <20020528102802.K16567@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020527184817.A1485@HAL9000.wox.org> <20020528104311.A37937@lpt.ens.fr> <20020528150600.A79546@energyhq.homeip.net> <20020528152013.M37937@lpt.ens.fr>
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At 3:20 PM +0200 2002/05/28, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
> Hm, maybe it's because I'm not from the European culture, but it
> doesn't make so much sense to me... I don't see a distinction between
> the first name and the surname from this point of view.
Yup, it's a pretty European thing. My "name" is "Knowles", but
my "forename" is "Brad". For many Europeans, it has been my
experience that if I tried to introduce myself as "Brad Knowles",
they would either get horribly confused or try to call me "Mr. Brad"
or somesuch.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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