From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Feb 23 17: 5:24 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AAFC37B405 for ; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:05:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from blue.dls.net (blue.dls.net [209.242.10.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3023F43F3F for ; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:05:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from emailrob@emailrob.com) Received: from emailrob.com (152-dls801.dls.net [216.145.235.152]) by blue.dls.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B10A1203CF; Sun, 23 Feb 2003 19:05:18 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <3E596FD7.4FBCE809@emailrob.com> Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 19:05:27 -0600 From: rob spellberg X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stacy Olivas Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: the apology [ was: Re: was this really necessary? ] References: <00bc01c2d93e$452d1f60$0502000a@sentinel> <20030222010251.Y318@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz> <3E56F25F.3B09AB9F@emailrob.com> <200302221017.58496.will@unfoldings.net> <3E5791A0.4010203@digiflux.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Stacy Olivas wrote: > Yes, please don't let the name fool you. I am > indeed male and not female. > > -Stacy stacy --- please accept my sincerest apologies for referring to you with feminine pronouns. i've been on this list for a couple of years now and nothing suggested to me that "stacy" was a male. i --did-- notice the spelling, but i have female friends who use this form, so it didn't really help. i assure you that no insult or other offense was intended by my incorrect identification of your gender. by way of explanation [ and not as an excuse ], most of my email goes to either people whom i have already met in person or to people who include a gender-specific title with their name. i hope you understand. rob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message