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[deekonda narsingarao]

Thank You For Your Kind Gesture
deekonda

On Fri, 23 Nov 2001 Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine wrote :
> Oki all,
>
> For the first time in what seems like rather too long,
> I read twice what
> someone wrote, and replied. The writer to whom I refer
> is a European who
> apparently is in contact with some other Siksika (or
> Piikani or Kainaa,
> as I wouldn't expect a non-Blackfoot to know one from
> the other when she
> reports "Blackfoot speakers", and as she's using a
> UofLeithbridge account,
> those three are more likely than South Piikani).
>
> To my amazement, this European wanted to apporove, to
> know why, one Siksika
> wanted to email another.
>
> I have trouble imagining my coorespondents on
> indian-predominated lists
> requiring the odd Frisian speakers to go through
> vetting before using a
> language workers list for its intended purpose, which
> isn't waxing poetic
> on polemics, in English.
>
> If there are any Wabenaki workers (Abenaki,
> Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, Micmac)
> on the list, or Cree or Siksika, please drop me a line
> off-list.
>
> Kitakitamatsinopowaw,
> Eric
>
> 	J'ai perdu quelque chose...
> 	quelque part... dans mes reves,
> 	les gens ont commence a parler ...
> 	... en anglais.
> 	 	Carol Ennis, Maliseet
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