From: Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net>
To: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [External] : Re: Goodbye to Thien-Thi Nguyen
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:20:52 -1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADoYgq82oO8bwUVYDqH2_Y5gkMpDinVEJqyPQ+1kJesRqCHCCA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB5488DF2BF0FCE7ED2E66C38BF3F0A@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com>
I could of course be COMPLETELY wrong about this and apologies if I
am, as I did not know TTN "in person" but only via emails over the
years. I am only drawing conclusions which might or might not be
incorrect.
On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 5:57 PM Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> > Indeed sad news, and I am very sorry to hear this. I wondered
> > what happened to Gnuvola, and unfortunately now I know.
> >
> > TTN was not a "he" but a "she" as far as I know. Certainly
> > this is attested to by her name. In Viet Nam the middle name
> > "Thi" is given to women. For men it would have been "Van".
> > Given that last names come first in that country, she would be
> > called Nguyen Thi Thien.
> >
> > RIP, TTN. Your unique humor and many contributions will be
> > missed. You couldn't have been very old and your passing is a
> > loss to us all.
>
> (I too blindly presumed she was he.)
>
> A true free spirit. Something fresh each time she wrote.
--
Bob Newell
Honolulu, Hawai`i
Via Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-13 4:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-10 3:55 Goodbye to Thien-Thi Nguyen Amin Bandali
2023-09-10 23:09 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-09-11 9:07 ` lux
2023-09-11 9:41 ` Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
2023-09-11 18:15 ` Sébastien Gendre
2023-09-12 23:26 ` Bob Newell
2023-09-13 3:57 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-09-13 4:20 ` Bob Newell [this message]
2023-09-14 0:45 ` Amin Bandali
2023-09-15 22:02 ` Bob Newell
2023-09-15 23:19 ` Amin Bandali
2023-09-13 4:45 ` tomas
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