Some flattery will get you nowhere…
I noticed an unusually high number of visitors coming from Tim Blair's blog. Surprised, I thought I'd try and find out what gives. Well, apparently a person by the "name" of CB posted a comment suggesting that I am actually Dr Nina Philadelphoff-Puren from Monash Uni. CB's actual name is Charles Woodscolt - he emailed me earlier asking if I am Nina.
While I'm very flattered to be mistaken for a respected academic, even if it is by someone who is apparently a dedicated right-wing extremist, Dr Philadelphoff-Puren may not be similarly thrilled. With a bit of luck Charles will realise that he got his wired crossed and will stop spreading the silly rumour, so I will not have to email Dr Philadelphoff-Puren, who I have never even met (which is a pity, her profile is quite impressive), and let her know that there is someone saying that I'm her.
In the meantime, I can delight in the fact that we apparently have very "similar styles" of writing! (there's also something about my avatar resembling her - I must admit there's a superficial resemblance there, but it is much more flattering to think that the mistaken identity is due to similar writing styles rather than a function of avatar generation software)
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