Harry Needham wrote:
>
> Folks, there has been a fair whack of discourtesy on this list of late, some
> unintentional (but hotly resented nonetheless) and some of it quite
> deliberate. Hardly being without sin, I hesitate to cast the first stone.
> However, I do detect a definite lowering of tone on this list. Surely there
> is room for at least a modicum of professional courtesy, while still
> agreeing to disagree.
>
> The Maori expression for discourteous speech is:
>
> "He kupu matangerengere"
>
> which means a word having a hideously ulcerated face.
>
> I think we've had enough of it.
>
> Harry
>
> Harry Needham
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Yes indeed.  Right on!