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L O W L A N D S - L  -  07 November 2007 - Volume 05
Song Contest: lowlands-l.net/contest/ (- 31 Dec. 2007)
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From: jonny <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L "List communication" 2007.11.08 (02)

 Dear Pat,

you wrote in answering

*Peter 'Snipecatcher'*
> > Please try to list in english also as we are not all as gifted as all
>> you folks on the list and we do need to make the list as accesible as
>> possible.

*here:*
> I don't mind it ... this is why (just my thoughts).
...
> In not-idle
> moments, I delete, unread, things without E in the subject line
> (although I admit I didn't recognise this useful tag for too long!)

Traitresse ;-)!

We are NOT any homuncenous group of acquademics and intellecturers with just
a limited width of interests dealing with specialised themas.
A large number of our members for my guessing are not explicitely aeducated
for the subjects they're posting or have to reed above.
Tak me, for exampel. Though I think i've had a quite god aeducation in
Englisch language at school and later at the Navy's i hadn't been in contect
with practising it for mor then  25 jears- more or less. I hadn't dealed
with linguisms and its 'termini technici' outside of the school- and that at
least nearly happened 40 jears ago.
But- I guess everyone who is really interested in the matters we diskuss IS
able to give a little hint now and then to explane his (partly very special;
without a chance for a good dictionary) weirdest terms and writing systems.

Obviously our Kanuma at the moment is busy outside the list, otherwise he
would perhaps have told you that some years ago we came to a sort of
agreement that we should use two languages if possible. And I have done so,
for a long time, but finding out that I seemed to be part of a very small,
decreasing minority I ceesed to transscribe hole textes.

I have to agrea Peter- sometimes it could be very useful to see leastwise
some English explanations within the text (in special at our Afrikaans
friends; it's not always very easy to understand them even for a native
Lowlanner ;-)).

> This is because it is far easier to read in an
> additional language than it is to write, so we include people who
> (think) their English isn't good enough,
You might see- I don't think this weigh ;-)!

Allerbest!

Jonny Meibohm

*PS:* Again I'd like to recommend http://wordweb.info/ as a very useful tool
for every non-native English writer. Fast and encyclopaedic. But if you want
to install it you have to vend your Jeep and cross the Antlantic with
H.M.S"Queen Mary II"...

•

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