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I need some help from the Indian CPians ( maybe I should have moved this to the dedicated forum, but I am maybe not the only one to struggle). We are collaborating quite a lot with colleague in India, and I still do not understand how the names are working there. For instance, I write an email to a colleague named Vikram Ashrivantan. The Outlook data of the contact says : First name : Vikram, Last name : Ahsrivantan*, so I write him/her an email starting with
Dear M.Ahsrivantan, etc...
And his/her answer is signed:
Best Regards,
Ahsri
 What the elephant ? What is this ? Do you guys answer to formal emails with an abbreviation of your last name ?
*Name is made up for the sake of the example, I hope it does not translate to something offensive.
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That just happens to be his nickname. My cousin Vikram goes by Vicky or Vickster. It's like someone by the name of Robert Ostrofski being called "Ski".
/ravi
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Yeah, just ask the 'Hoff. 
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So the first name you picked is mine just by coincidence? 
Given you're not using the real name, it's a little difficult to pinpoint the issue. However, in states like Tamil Nadu, there is no concept of a surname, so they use the father's name (as it is, not like the Norse habit of adding a -son) as a "surname". However, some choose to add the father's name as a first name  so their name is actually their "surname".
Eg:
This lady's name is Meenakshi and her father's name is Seshadri, she goes by the name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meenakshi_Seshadri[^].
This guy's name is Ashwin and his father's name is Ravichandran, but he goes by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravichandran_Ashwin[^].
So, the case you're referring to might be no different from Robert Smith signing off as "Bob".
Cheers,
विक्रम
"We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread
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Hey, Vikram, I remember you got married a couple of years back and have been lying low since then, I can understand the reasons.
I hope this piece of advice is not too late for you.
Don't name a daughter Arpita.
No girl should go through life being called A Royal Pain In The Arse no matter how much she deserves it!![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote: So the first name you picked is mine just by coincidence?
Are you not flattered ? But no, not after you especially (Please remind me: How many of your fellow citizen are named Vikram ?).
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Your sickly textile factory workers may be productive, but can you live with your ill cotton gains?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sure I can, but you would have known that if you satin on one of our meeting.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Cut it out - I don't like where this thread is going. Get some new material.
/ravi
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Yes, lets post some movies of some cute knitting instead.
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or we can just sit around and silk all day.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Better that then being a sock puppet (read: sheep).
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That'd be a Lamb Chop[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Makes one wonder if bagpipe players are considered ventriloquist too, doesn't it?
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Don't needle him.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I was yarning for a response like that!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Normally my attempts at humour are Lamé.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I know the feeling - I'm often asked to button up.
/ravi
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Yeah, I probably will have to quilt my attempts at being funny.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I like your humor - you often have me in stitches.
/ravi
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I'd like to be a comedian but I suffer from angoraphobia.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Comedians, angoraphobes... they're cut from the same cloth.
/ravi
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