[pp.int.general] PPI Open Space Conference Friedrichshafen

[Ikke]

Apology accepted, though the question remains why an attempt was made at
using first names when obviously we are not on such a basis. In addition I
must note that this is the failure I am least bothered with.

On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:39:58 +0100, Gregory Engels
<Gregory.Engels at piratenpartei-hessen.de> wrote:
> On 23.03.2011, at 18:08, Ikke wrote:
> 
>> Thus if the name presented to you would be
>> 'Thijs Markus', the first name would be 'Thijs' and the surname  
>> 'Markus'.
> 
> 
> Dear Thijs, please accept my apologies, I had used
> your Name wrongfully, not with a bad intention, but
> rather cause have memorized it wrong as "Mark Thijs"
> thinking that "Thijs" was your surname, and "Mark"
> (not Markus) being your first name.
> 
> Maybe because of a "Bernd Thijs", a belgian football
> player who played 2005-2007 with Borussia Mönchengladbach
> in the german prime football league. In his case,
> "Thijs" is his surname.
> 
> 
> By the way, in Germany is it common to write
> the names as "Surname, First Name" - since it
> is easier for sorting the names bibliographically.
> This is of cause is not an excuse I am making,
> but rather to entertain you with an anecdote,
> while we are at the topic of names....
> 
> sincerely yours,
> 
> 
> Gregory Engels
> International Coordinator
> Pirate Party of Germany
> 
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