On 06/27/14 16:34, Rolf Turner wrote:
On 27/06/14 17:56, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 06/26/2014 06:58 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
Jeff,
Thanks very much.
No problem, but my name is Joe, not Jeff. Yes, I know why you got it wrong, but that doesn't mean that I don't like having my name mangled.
Joe: I get called "Ralph" or "Rolph" or "Rolphe" or "Ross" or ..., far more often than I get called "Rolf". (Roughly 95% --- 5%). I have learned to live with it. (Ah, the *mellowness* that comes with advancing years!)
Now that I re-read it..... "that doesn't mean that I don't like having my name mangled" reduces to "I like having my name mangled". :-)
Such as "just because I didn't want any ice cream doesn't mean I don't like ice cream."
FWIW, I answer to "Ed", "Edward", "Eddie", "Edy" (Don't ask), "エド", "爱德华", and "Hey You".
Sorry for the OT'ness. Just thought this rather amusing.