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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