Dragaera

Mailing List Etiquette

Kenneth Gorelick pulmon at comcast.net
Tue Feb 10 17:24:42 PST 2004

On Feb 10, 2004, at 6:43 PM, Philip Hart wrote:

>> 1. When I reply to a message on this list, should I be replying to 
>> both the
>> user and the mailing list, or just the list?  I realize when I only 
>> want to
>> reply to the user, but I'm talking about when I want my reply posted 
>> back to
>> the list.
>
> Some people energetically advocate not both.
>
>
>> 3. What is the proper way to refer to the author we're here for?  
>> I've been
>> using "Mr. Brust", but I've seen "Steve" used quite a few times.  I 
>> don't
>> know the man, so I'm not entirely comfortable assuming it's okay to 
>> refer to
>> him by his first-name (in the third-person, even).  Has he previously
>> expressed a preference?
>
> Taste varies.  I may be the only "SKZB"er, but I recommend it as 
> analogous
> to YHWH.
>
>

I KNOW that YHWH is pronounced "adonai"--how does one pronounce SKZB? 
Not to mention MXYZPTLK.