node_ue wrote:

>
> --- 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.

On the contrary, in what society is it polite to address someone by a
presumed hypocoristic without being invited to?

You'd better not ever think of visiting Japan.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...