<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Donal Carbaugh</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:carbaugh@comm.umass.edu">carbaugh@comm.umass.edu</a>></span><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>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Hi Nade,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I received the following in a nice email from Anna Wierzbicka. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><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></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">...<u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Be well.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Donal<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1f497d">*********************</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Dear Donal,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">I hope you and yours are well. <span style="color:#1f497d">
<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#1f497d">…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">I have written (in consultation with Cliff<span style="color:#1f497d"> [Goddard]</span>) the text below.
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">I’d love for these messages to reach some people in the US, too.
<span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="color:#1f497d">…</span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">With heartfelt best wishes,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Anna<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span lang="EN-AU">SEVEN ESSENTIAL MESSAGES FOR THE TIME OF THE CORONAVIRUS (14/4/2020)</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 1</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Very bad things are happening to many people now.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Very bad things are happening to many people’s bodies because of the coronavirus,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> many people are dying because of this.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> More people can die if I do some things now as I have always done. I don’t want this.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Because of this it will be good if I can be at home all the time.
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><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:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I don’t want to be so near someone that I can breathe some of the same air.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 2</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Very bad things are happening to many people now.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Many people feel something very very bad.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can do some good things for some of these people; I want to do something good for them.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 3</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> During this time many people can’t be with other people as before.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> They can’t speak to other people like before; they feel something very bad because of this.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I know some of these people. I want these people to know that I am thinking about them.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want them to know that I want bad things not to happen to them.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want to do something because of this.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Perhaps I can write to them, perhaps I can ring them, something like this.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want to do something today.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 4</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> Very bad things can happen to me during this time, not like at other times.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> At the same time, I can do some very good things during this time, not like at other times.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can read good books, I can listen to good music, I can write something every day about this day.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can do many things “good for the soul”, not like at other times.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> If I pray, I can pray more; if I don’t pray, I can do something like it.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want to do these things. I want to do these things today.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 5</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I don’t want to think about it like this:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> “ Very bad things are happening now, nothing good can happen because of this”.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want to think like this:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can do some very good things during this time, not like at other times.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> If I do these things, after this bad time I can be not as I was before:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can know some people better, I can love some people more.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want this.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 6</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can’t live during this time as I lived before.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> At the same time, I can think about many things more, not as before.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can think more about things like this:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><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?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> If I know that I will die soon, what do I want to do before I die?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> If I think about these things more now, after this bad time I can live not as I lived before.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I can then live in another way, I can live better.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> I want this.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU">Essential message 7</span></b><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU">It is good for all of us if we think like this every day now:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> This time is not like other times.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> We can’t live during this time as we lived before.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> At the same time, we can think about some things more now, not as before.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> We can think about things like this:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> “We all live with other people, none of us is like an island.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> How can we live well with other people?”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> If we think about these things more now, after this bad time we can live with other people
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> not like before; we can live better.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_2469054262414206687xxxxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> We want this.<span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Nadezhda Sotirova, Ph.D. (she/her)<br>Assistant Professor</div><div dir="ltr">Communication, Media, & Rhetoric <a href="https://academics.morris.umn.edu/communication-media-and-rhetoric" target="_blank">CMR</a> </div><div dir="ltr">Humanities and Fine Arts 17</div><div dir="ltr">University of Minnesota Morris</div><div dir="ltr">Division of Humanities</div><div>600 East Fourth St.</div><div>Morris, Minnesota 56267</div><div dir="ltr">Email: <a href="mailto:nsotirov@morris.umn.edu" target="_blank">nsotirov@morris.umn.edu<br></a></div><div>Phone: (320) 589-6270 </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>