--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Michael Everson <everson@...> wrote:

> Mark, call him Peter, not Pete.

Sure thing. But wouldn't it have saved us all a lot of trouble if
he'd just stated in a straightforward manner that he'd like to be
called Peter and not Pete? Instead, he went about acting as if he
didn't know to whom "Pete" was intended to refer.

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