15.1098, All: Letter from LINGUIST Advisor Ahmad R. Lotfi...

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Subject: 15.1098, All: Letter from LINGUIST Advisor Ahmad R. Lotfi...

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Date:  4 Apr 2004 00:41:35 -0000
From:  arlotfi at yahoo.com
Subject:  Letter from LINGUIST List Advisor Ahmad R. Lotfi...

2)
Date:  16 Mar 2004 08:56:08 -0000
From:  linguist at linguistlist.org
Subject:  How to Donate...

3)
Date:  16 Mar 2004 08:56:08 -0000
From:  linguist at linguistlist.org
Subject:  Contributors So Far....

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  4 Apr 2004 00:41:35 -0000
From:  arlotfi at yahoo.com
Subject:  Letter from LINGUIST List Advisor Ahmad R. Lotfi...

Dear linguists,

Have you ever been to Iran for a conference or sth? If yes, then you
know how it looks when your aeroplane lands at Mehrabad Airport: the
first impression is that there's almost no colour around. Almost
everything is brown. After you land, you are taken to customs in a bus
so old that you probably can't find one like it anywhere else. When
you finally manage to get away from the airport, you are surprised to
see so many oldie cars still moving around in narrow streets built
half a century ago. The hotel you stay in and the university building
where your conference is held are not much better. And when you make
the fatal mistake of having a look at the library, you're terrified
out of your wits when you learn that almost all of its dusty books on
its dusty shelves date back to a time you were not even born!

BUT people in linguistics departments are not dinosaurs at all. They
look like any other colleagues of ours: familiar with the latest
trends and topics of discussion in the field, where and when
conferences on such and such are held, which books and journals have
recently come out, which teaching positions and other jobs of interest
to linguists are now available here and there, ..., even which friends
and colleagues of ours have left us forever. Surprised? Of course not!
Linguists--whether in NY, London, Paris, Beijing, New Delhi, or
Tehran--have been reading the same LINGUIST list issues for years.

Let's not forget that all this has been made possible by the generous
donations made by members. We don't want to see the Tower of Babel
left unfinished once more, do we? Then let's help the LINGUIST list
people get along. How? You know how.

Ahmad R. Lotfi, PhD
English Dept.
Azad University (IRAN)

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-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  16 Mar 2004 08:56:08 -0000
From:  linguist at linguistlist.org
Subject:  How to Donate...

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Date:  16 Mar 2004 08:56:08 -0000
From:  linguist at linguistlist.org
Subject:  Contributors So Far....

LINGUIST Contributors

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