L O W L A N D S - L - 02 January 2007 - Volume 04<br>======================================================================<br><br>From: <span id="_user_sandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);"><span style="padding: 0pt 1px 1px 0pt;">
<img name="_pressandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk" class="bzpb" style="vertical-align: bottom;" src="im/smlnopresence.gif"></span>Sandy Fleming <<a href="mailto:sandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk">sandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk</a>></span>
<br>Subject: LL-L 'Resources' 2006.12.31 (01) [E]<br><br><div style="direction: ltr;">> From: R. F. Hahn <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com
</a>><br>> Subject: Resources<br>><br>> Sandy (a.k.a. Birthday Boy):<br>><br>> > Ron, you'll give me a red face!<br>><br>> Awricht! Coud ye send us a photie o it than?<br><br>Nut!<br><br>> Seriously, Sandy, Michael and I seem to be in agreement here that what
<br>> you've created so far is nothing to sneeze at, and I'm sure we aren't<br>> the only ones. So, all right. "Monumental" is a big word. From where<br>> you are standing, Scotstext as it is now may seem like a drop in the
<br>> bucket. But from where we are standing it's of hitherto unknown<br>> proportion, is in fact unique. So you could take the cynical road and<br>> say it's a case of a big fish in a small pond. That's neither here
<br>> nor there. The fact is that a thing like this hasn't been done<br>> before, that you are doing it and are sticking with it, that doing it<br>> serves both Scots speakers and Scots readers on the one hand and Scots
<br>> learners on the other hand, not to mention promotion of Scots<br>> literature and language and the stimulus and education it's likely to<br>> be for many. Seen in this light, "monumental" doesn't seem to be an
<br>> overstatement. Where I'm coming from, casting a pebble into a still<br>> pond can be a monumental act alone for the ripple effect it causes.<br>> Most folks moan about voids while a few take it upon themselves to try
<br>> and fill the voids despite the criticism they are likely to get from<br>> those that previously did nothing but moan (it being a given that<br>> those that do nothing tend to be the greatest experts).<br><br>
All right, all richt, I'll get on with it!<br><br>> 萬歲 (万岁) wan sui (Japanese banzai) -- "ten thousand years (of<br>> age)," Sandy!<br><br>That sounds about right!<br></div><span class="sg"><br>Sandy Fleming
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