Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!Q.T.Honey!diablo.efnet.com!efnet.com!news.moat.net!news.primus.ca!news.primus.ca!chi1.webusenet.com!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!nf3.bellglobal.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan From: Drew Hamilton Subject: Re: Michael Jackson References: <7rJvb.302$747.4@news1.dion.ne.jp> <3fc29692$0$3172$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net> Distribution: To Hell And Back Keywords: meow X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Originator: awh@urd.awh.org (Drew Hamilton) Message-ID: Lines: 13 Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:59:27 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.164.198.168 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1069729218 207.164.198.168 (Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:00:18 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:00:18 EST Organization: Bell Sympatico Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:8292 The 2-Belo wrote: >Heh. This is precisely the reason I switch my names around on all non-official >documents I fill out, and when I introduce myself to people. I don't *want* >total strangers calling me "Jeff-san". It gives me the willies. Japanese people tend to want to call me "Drew-san" or "Andrew-san" when they first meet me, which is never pronounced even close to properly. If they called me "Hamilton-san" they'd at least get it pretty close to right. -- - awh http://www.awh.org/