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thetroll@rata.vuw.ac.nz (The Troll) writes:

> I would note that as someone with a gender neutral first name, I have have
> received letters where the first one was quite different in tone from
> subsequent gender known letters (need I mention that the first letter
> assumed that I was female?). So I am a little suspicious of anyone
> *demanding* to know the gender of another person just so they can address
> a letter correctly. 

Yeah, I *suppose* you can call "The Troll" gender neutral.......

> I suppose you'll start insisting on RFC 822 compliance on all the letters
> you get from now on. 

Now there's an idea. Let's lobby parliament.

> BTW, does Auckland have local usenet groups? Down here, psotings such as
> yours would probably appear in wgnt.chat, I suppose that's because
> Wellington people are more polite than Aucklanders. 

Or more verbose, which generated the need for the local newsgroups. Actually,
by the sounds of it Aucklanders aren't on friendly enough speaking terms to
set up any local newsgroups.

> Net Pit Bull in Training.

Is it me, or is the re-appearance of that line in Alex's messages a Bad Sign?

						- k
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