[OT] E-mail provider recommendations

[asmith9983@gmail.com]

Hi
In reality its very easy to respond to another name. In 1975, I had a Summer 
job in Perth,Western Australia. I took a bus tour to the South-West. On the 
first day someone mis-heard my name  as John, so for the next two weeks I was 
John!!  Much like remembering to use the correct email profile tonight, which 
Pine does well, as I'm too lazy to really learn mutt.

-- 
Andrew

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Ismail, Rafiq (IT) wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: london.pm-bounces at london.pm.org
>> [mailto:london.pm-bounces at london.pm.org] On Behalf Of Jawad Yaqub
>> Sent: 29 October 2007 10:37
>> To: London.pm Perl M[ou]ngers
>> Subject: Re: RE: [OT] E-mail provider recommendations
>>
>> alas i think history will judge it as an homage to Google
>> rather than the synthesis of culture heritage for which you hope.
>
> Thanks for the feedback.  I do kind of see something special in the the
> Google association grounding our name to a certain era in history;
> probably not the best thing to do to our children though.
>
>> also watch out for 'word creep'.
>>
>> case in point: Jawad often becomes Juan, or Gerard.
>
> Hmm.. Understood.  I'm known to many in my village as 'Ralph.'
> ...
>
>> Imagine a lifetime of explaining how to pronounce your name,
>> and then having kids make fun of your children for the same
>> reason. It's bad enough if you have a heritage to support,
>> but if your Mum and Dad just made it up?
>
> Explaining our names is something which we've both given up on.  We were
> hoping for something novel and clear, but I suppose that is hard to
> achieve with a new name.  Especially one which looks so similar to
> Gmail.
>
>> Why not pick a Japanese name, or one from a movie you both love?
>
> Skywalker would be cool, although I'm not sure that she'll buy it.  Or
> Wall (however, on seeing my face, this might be interpreted as wa-al.)
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
> R.
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