Dear Joáo,
It's not about how it looks, its about how it functions - standing in
for nasalization.
I'll make sure to pronounce your name to you when we meet.
I was really hoping you will come with some hard evidence for your
previous statement.
Sincerely,
*Yoad David Luxembourg *
BA (DAE <http://www.designacademy.nl/>,2004), MA (MAHKU
<http://www.mahku.nl/>,2006)
Ph.D Candidate at University of Porto <http://www.up.pt/>, Portugal
Creative Direction at Elementum by Daniela Pais
<http://www.luxuryistohavesimplethings.com/>
LinkedIn <http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/yoad-david-luxembourg/5b/95a/69a>
Facebook
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/YoDaLux-Studio-for-Design-and-Design-Thinking/154785477914113>
Ps. dear list, next time I'll respond off-list.
On 25-9-2015 14:09, João Ferreira wrote:
> Dear Yoad,
>
> Preamble:
>
> I am doomed with a name that is both unpronounceable and unprintable for
> foreign people; the infamous "tilde" ( ~ ) is of course to blame. I have
> learned to live with being called "Joe", "Juan" and "Joauo"; I understand
> if you can't find the magical combination of keyboard shortcuts that will
> render the tilde above the "a" thus ã, but to substitute the sensuous - and
> dare I say sensual - curvature of the tilde with a ( ´ ) is just wrong.
>
> I only add this somewhat long preamble because I gather from your signature
> that you are enrolled in a PhD in the fair city of Porto and you will soon
> find that besides being unpronounceable, João is also a ubiquitous name in
> Portugal. If you meet a Portuguese man it is highly likely he will be
> called João (I have no hard evidence to support this other than personal
> experience though).
>
> End of preamble.
>
> Regarding my comment, and to any other person who might be wondering, I was
> being facetious.
>
> Of course, you don't need to look far to find an unemployed writer, but I
> am quite sure this condition is unrelated to the proliferation of software
> for writing.
>
> 'best
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Yoad David Luxembourg <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Joáo,
>>
>> Your claim makes me curious.
>>
>> Do you have any "hard" evidence to support that?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> *Yoad David Luxembourg *
>> BA (DAE <http://www.designacademy.nl/>,2004), MA (MAHKU <
>> http://www.mahku.nl/>,2006)
>> Ph.D Candidate at University of Porto <http://www.up.pt/>, Portugal
>> Creative Direction at Elementum by Daniela Pais <
>> http://www.luxuryistohavesimplethings.com/>
>> LinkedIn <http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/yoad-david-luxembourg/5b/95a/69a>
>> Facebook <
>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/YoDaLux-Studio-for-Design-and-Design-Thinking/154785477914113
>> On 25-9-2015 12:29, João Ferreira wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Sooner or later Adobe software will replace graphic designers. It is
>>> inevitable, just look at all the writers unemployed because of Microsoft
>>> Word.
>>>
>>> 'best
>>>
>>
>>
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