They may have simply been intending to be relatively formal as a mark of respect. (there's enough language and culture dependencies in how one decides such things that 'may' is very much load bearing in that sentence, mind)
Certainly it wouldn't've occurred to me to think it was the businessman rather than a name collision.
But, eh, agreed on tangent, and I'm not intending to criticise either.
Certainly it wouldn't've occurred to me to think it was the businessman rather than a name collision.
But, eh, agreed on tangent, and I'm not intending to criticise either.