Age, Agism and Ague

[Guest guest]

Harsha, Glo and Friends,

 

I will accept Shri eric as my agist due from this time forward.

Shri ericji will also be acceptable.

 

yours in the bonds,

eric (Shri ji)

 

 

 

 

, Bruce Morgen <editor@j...> wrote:

> I, on the other hand, look

> forward to the due deference

> I will have earned by next

> summer. However, Harsha's

> proposal also means we have

> to defer to Tonyji as an

> elder among us! :-)

>

> On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:50:48 -0400 "Gloria Lee" <glee@i...>

> writes:

>

> -

> harsha-hkl@h...

>

> Friday, August 24, 2001 3:08 PM

> Re: Tony, Vndism and Vndication

>

>

> snip

>

> Also, in the true Indian fashion, we show some respect for age here

> (if anyone is over 55, please speak up and we will require special

> courtesy when people address you).

>

> Thanks

> Harsha

>

> Dear Harsha AND Eric AND Tony AND Occupant,

>

> Okay, so I am busted by the boss.

> Well, I had hoped that my obvious exaggeration of Eric's age would

be a

> clue to the intended humor. Maybe I should have said a 100! Anyway,

if

> anyone doesn't appreciate my admittedly wierd sense of humor, you

> probably have a lot of company. My career as a standup comic went

> nowhere. I was only wanting to interrupt this ongoing 'no occupant'

> verbal ping pong between Tony and Jody, with that joke about Tony.

It

> wouldn't harm anyone at this point to see the humor in it. Anyway,

I'm

> pretty sure Eric is NOT 80, and personally I don't think 55 is

quite old

> enough to qualify for special old age treatment, since I am almost

there

> myself. Old, to me, will always be at least 5 years older than my

age.

> But whatever you say goes, Harsha, 55 it is.

>

> Now alas, no doubt, Tony really is over 55. What special courtesy

do you

> want? Deep bows?

>

> Respectfully,

> Glo

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

, EBlackstead@c... wrote:

> Harsha, Glo and Friends,

>

> I will accept Shri eric as my agist due from this time forward.

> Shri ericji will also be acceptable.

>

> yours in the bonds,

> eric (Shri ji)

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Will do Shri Ericji. A point of clarification. In north India, we use

Shri. In south India we use Sri, I think. Any preference among the

two? I use Sri for everyone to keep it simple, although I grew up

with Shri.

 

Love to all

Harsha