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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From:
</b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Dennis Baron <<a href="mailto:no-reply-blog@illinois.edu">no-reply-blog@illinois.edu</a>><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject:
</b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[WOL] Valentines for the author</b><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date:
</b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">February 14, 2013 12:49:11 AM CST<br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To:
</b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:debaron@illinois.edu">debaron@illinois.edu</a>><br>
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The Web of Language</h1>
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<h3 style="color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 12px; ">The Web of Language</h3>
<span style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); ">Posted by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:debaron@illinois.edu" style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); ">Dennis Baron</a><br>
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<span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-weight: bold; ">Valentines for the author</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; ">Today I got a packet of letters from the students in English 206 at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hudson-University/134358839954637?ref=ts&fref=ts">Hudson
University</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(not the real class or university). Their teacher had them read my latest<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/X6zMeu">book</a>, a history of writing technology. Then she
assigned a letter to the author. The letter had to be handwritten, because it was<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/YWb3sg">National Handwriting Day</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Jan. 23) and she wanted her
students, who grew up with keyboards, to try out an older writing technology. The teacher gave students who didn’t bring their own paper to class some arty post cards to write on, and by the number of notes in very light pencil, I’m guessing she had extra
HB pencils on hand as well.</p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; ">Then she put the letters in a big envelope, added a note explaining the assignment, and dropped the packet in the mail. They call it snail mail for a reason: I got the letters three weeks later, just
in time for Valentine’s Day. </p>
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