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<p class="MsoNormal">Nade and Donal and Anna,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is beautiful. As I read it, it started to feel like haiku: rhythmic, simple, joyous. I will print and put it next to my yoga mat, where – a good thing! – I spend more time these days.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Blessings and namaste to you all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kristine<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Droid Serif",serif">Kristine Muñoz, Ph.D Office hours Spring 2020: M W 12-1 and by appt on Zoom
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Droid Serif",serif">Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
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Professor, Communication Studies<br>
111 PH </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#232333;background:white"> </span><a href="https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/144346188" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#3E8DEF;background:white">https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/144346188</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Droid Serif",serif"><br>
University of Iowa <br>
Iowa City, IA 52242 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Droid Serif",serif">319-335-0633 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Droid Serif",serif"><a href="mailto:kristine-fitch@uiowa.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">kristine-fitch@uiowa.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Ethnocomm <ethnocomm-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nadezhda Sotirova<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 14, 2020 10:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ethnocomm@listserv.linguistlist.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] [Ethnocomm] Fwd: Seven Essential Messages for the Time of the Coronavirus (13/4/2020)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>
From: <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Donal Carbaugh</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:carbaugh@comm.umass.edu">carbaugh@comm.umass.edu</a>><br>
Date: Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 8:42 AM<br>
Subject: Seven Essential Messages for the Time of the Coronavirus (13/4/2020)<br>
To: <a href="mailto:nsotirov@morris.umn.edu">nsotirov@morris.umn.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:nsotirov@morris.umn.edu">nsotirov@morris.umn.edu</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Nade,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">I received the following in a nice email from Anna Wierzbicka. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">The messages are constructed in the minimal English of NSM and are intended, as a result, to be easily accessible to people in any language. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Be well.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Donal</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">*********************</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU">Dear Donal,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU">I hope you and yours are well.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#1F497D">…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU">I have written (in consultation with Cliff<span style="color:#1F497D"> [Goddard]</span>) the text below.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU">I’d love for these messages to reach some people in the US, too.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU">With heartfelt best wishes,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU">Anna</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-AU">SEVEN ESSENTIAL MESSAGES FOR THE TIME OF THE CORONAVIRUS (14/4/2020)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 1</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Very bad things are happening to many people now.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Very bad things are happening to many people’s bodies because of the coronavirus,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> many people are dying because of this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> More people can die if I do some things now as I have always done. I don’t want this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Because of this it will be good if I can be at home all the time.
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<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> If I <i>
have</i> to be not at home for some time, I will think like this all the time:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I don’t want to be near other people; I don’t want to be so near someone that I can touch them.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I don’t want to be so near someone that I can breathe some of the same air.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 2</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Very bad things are happening to many people now.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Many people feel something very very bad.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can do some good things for some of these people; I want to do something good for them.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want to know what I can do; I want to think about it today; I want to do something today.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 3</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> During this time many people can’t be with other people as before.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> They can’t speak to other people like before; they feel something very bad because of this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I know some of these people. I want these people to know that I am thinking about them.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want them to know that I want bad things not to happen to them.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want to do something because of this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Perhaps I can write to them, perhaps I can ring them, something like this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want to do something today.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 4</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Very bad things can happen to me during this time, not like at other times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> At the same time, I can do some very good things during this time, not like at other times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can read good books, I can listen to good music, I can write something every day about this day.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can do many things “good for the soul”, not like at other times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> If I pray, I can pray more; if I don’t pray, I can do something like it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want to do these things. I want to do these things today.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 5</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I don’t want to think about it like this:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> “ Very bad things are happening now, nothing good can happen because of this”.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want to think like this:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can do some very good things during this time, not like at other times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> If I do these things, after this bad time I can be not as I was before:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can know some people better, I can love some people more.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 6</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can’t live during this time as I lived before.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> At the same time, I can think about many things more, not as before.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can think more about things like this:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Why do I live on earth? What do I live for? How can I live if I want to live well?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> If I know that I will die soon, what do I want to do before I die?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> If I think about these things more now, after this bad time I can live not as I lived before.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can then live in another way, I can live better.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 7</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> We can’t live during this time as we lived before.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> At the same time, we can think about some things more now, not as before.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> We can think about things like this:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> “We all live with other people, none of us is like an island.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> How can we live well with other people?”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> If we think about these things more now, after this bad time we can live with other people
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<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> not like before; we can live better.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="m2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> We want this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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