<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 01 February 2007 - Volume 02<br><br>=========================================================================<br><br>
<h1 style="page-break-after: auto;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; font-weight: normal;">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" title="Linkification: mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">
sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: Administrativia<br>
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[Please do read this, especially if you are new on board!]</span><br>
<br>
Dear Lowlanders,<br>
<br>
Welcome to all of you who joined us since the middle of December! At the<br>
end of this message is a list of your places of residence. You have already met
a couple of our newbies.<br>
<br>
Please, folks, read and understand the rules and guidelines! It's really important.<br>
<br>
Rules and Guidelines: Dutch: <a href="http://www.lowlands-l.n/">http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=regels<br>
English: </a><a href="http://www.lowlands-l.n/">http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=rules<br>
German: </a><a href="http://www.lowlands-l.net/">http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=regeln-de<br>
Limburgish: </a><a href="http://www.lowlands/">http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=regele<br>
Lowlands Saxon (Low German): </a><a href="http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=regeln">http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=regeln</a><br>
Russian: <a href="http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=rules-ru">http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=rules-ru</a><br>
<br>
Even though our anniversary project (<a href="http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/">http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/</a>),
has been up and running for a while now, please bear in mind that this is an
ongoing project and requires<br>
your help, especially now that we are fast approaching the end of our eleventh
year. Thanks to everyone who has helped so far. We've received only positive
responses from outside the List so far. So, please keep going and keep 'em
coming, folks! People have been asking why we don't have sound files of most of
the "major" languages as well (e.g., French, Spanish, Italian). Well,
let me pass this question on to you. We really and truly want more members'
introductions<br>
<br>
This week I will add the 200th translation! Two are currently in the works. I
posted the 90th sound file yesterday. And as of today there are 200
contributors. So we have reached a sort of milestone, but it's by no means the
end of the road. As I said, several additions are currently in the works. I'm
sure you could add to it. All of you speak at least one language, and no two
people speak and write alike. So all of you are potential contributors on that
score alone, and all of you know people that speak other languages and dialects
and are thus "recruitable," or "ready for the picking."<br>
<br>
Also, please remember to send in pictures for possible use in remodeling our
main site. What we have so far is here: <a href="http://lowlands-l.net/pics/">http://lowlands-l.net/pics/</a><br>
Please send additions under "LL-L Pictures" to <<a href="mailto:lowlands.list@gmail.com">lowlands.list@gmail.com</a>>.<br>
<br>
And don't forget our budding gallery (<a href="http://lowlands-l.net/gallery/">http://lowlands-l.net/gallery/</a>)! All of
you have some sorts of talents and skills that you could show off there. It doesn't
have to be literature, painting or photography. If you research local history
or culture, just write a small introduction to what you do, perhaps with a
couple of pictures. If you are interested in historical architecture, write a
piece about that with a picture or two. If you've taken Lowlands-related trips,
write about that, perhaps in the form of anecdotes. If you have memories about
old-time Lowlands customs that are now fading
away, share them with the world. Or perhaps you want to write introductions to
folk beliefs in your necks of the woods, or about place names and what's hiding
behind them. Or you might be a student of a Lowlands
language and might share your experiences with that, perhaps also lists of
resources. If you are an avid cook or baker with a Lowlands
twist, share a couple of recipes, and photographs of the finished products
would be cherries on top (no pun intended). You might want to explain what a
typical South African <i>braai</i> is like, or a Dutch-Indies <i>rijstafel</i>.
If you are a gardener and there's a Lowland angle to it, please write about it
and perhaps send us a photo or five. If you are a birder, write about your
discoveries with a Lowlands twist. If you play
an instrument and or compose music, perhaps songs, share a piece or two in the
form of sound files and/or sheet music. If you dance or do other forms of
performance art, send us photos and/or videos and write brief intro blurbs
about the pieces. The possibilities are endless.<br>
Please send us anything relevant under "LL-L Gallery" to
<<a href="mailto:lowlands.list@gmail.com">lowlands.list@gmail.com</a>>.<br>
Don't forget to send a short introduction of yourself along with your work, in
more than one language if you wish. If you need help with a language that's not
your own, just ask, and we'll try to arrange something for you.<br>
<br>
And thanks to everyone who has helped with all of the above so far.<br>
<br>
As most of you know in the meantime, our email addresses are now visible only
to subscribers. I hope this will encourage more of you to come forward and
participate in our discussions.<br>
<br>
(1) We send the postings in Unicode (UTF-8) format. You need to switch your view
mode to it if you want to see all "special" characters.<br>
<br>
(2) You <span style="font-weight: bold;">must </span>always give us your name, given name and family name.<br>
<br>
(3) If you forward Lowlands-L mail to another (alias) account, please give us
the address of that account. We need to identify it so we can do something in
case we get error messages from that server.<br>
<br>
(4) You must credit the writers of anything you quote. "Lowlands-L
wrote:" simply won't do. SEVERAL OF YOU ARE STILL NOT DOING THIS.<br>
<br>
(5) Please continue already existing subject headers (rather than making up your
own for the same thing). If you do begin a new topic, please make sure "Lowlands-L"
or "LL-L" is in the subject line as well.<br>
<br>
And a "new" one: DO NOT SEND POSTING SUBMISSIONS IN CAPITAL LETTERS
ONLY. I cannot accept them and will ask you to resubmit them in normal type
case.<br>
Note that, besides being difficult to read, all-caps text breaks Internet etiquette
rules. It is only used to orthographically represent headings/headlines,
besides that SHOUTING, YELLING, SCREAMING, etc., and beyond that it's perceived
as a sign of crying for attention. It's considered simply OBNOXIOUS.<br>
<br>
Many beginners, but also a few older hands, forget to provide their names with
their posting submission. Please remember that anonymous posting is not an
option, that you are obligated to give your given and family name, even if you
do not put them right next to each other.<br>
<br>
Even some people who have been with us for a while persistently ignore the following
rules:<br>
<br>
(1) <span style="font-weight: bold;">Keep subjects separate</span>: Only one topic per posting! Don't mix things up, please.<br>
<br>
(2) <span style="font-weight: bold;">Stick to the subject title</span>: Do not change the topic name in your responses.
Just stick with the one we have, even if you think it doesn't apply or is
silly. I will change it if I think it needs to be.<br>
<br>
(3) <span style="font-weight: bold;">Edit quotes</span>: If you hit the "reply" button and simply write your response
before or after an unedited, complete quoted LL-L issue, please do not complain
to me that I have removed the quoted text in the published version. It is
proper email behavior to quote only the portions that are relevant to your
response.<br>
<br>
(4) <span style="font-weight: bold;">Give credit</span>: Let us know who the authors of quoted text portions are. If you
just hit the "reply" button, it will automatically give
"Lowlands-L" as the author. That will not do. You must be more
specific, and you owe authors the courtesy of crediting them by name.<br>
<br>
(5) <span style="font-weight: bold;">Signing off</span>: If you feel like leaving the List, please do not send the sign-off command
to the posting address or to my personal address. Please follow the instructions
at the top and bottom of each LL-L issue (send the command "signoff
lowlands-l" to [<a href="mailto:lowlands-l@listserv.linguistlist.org">lowlands-l@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>].<br>
<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Address Changes</span><br>
You do no longer need to sign off and on again if your email address changes.
It suffices if you send me (<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>) a message giving us the old
address and the new address. If you don't remember under which address you were
first subscribed, it will suffice if you give us only the new address.<br>
<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Temporary Absence</span><br>
Before you take a trip or for some other reason need to stop LL-L mail arriving
for a given length of time, please write to us ([log in to unmask]) to let us
know the date you want mail to be stopped and the date you want mail to be
resumed. As some of our members can attest, this has been working really well,
certainly beats the old, crude method of signing off and on again. Once in a
while people find themselves unsubscribed without notice. Some of them
immediately suspect the worst: that I have "booted them out" for some
infraction or other. (I know this for sure only about those that contact me.)
Please do not jump to this conclusion unless you have received prior reprimands
and warnings (which has occurred very rarely, not at all for well over one
year). If you find yourself disconnected from Lowlands-L, the reason is most
likely that the automated server has unsubscribed your address because of
repeated "bouncing," i.e., because your mail servers keep informing
the list server that you cannot be reached or is filled above quota. Most of
the time this is due to temporary disconnection. Sometimes the reason is that a
subscriber's junk mail filter (or "spam" filter) has not been
"told" to exempt Lowlands-L mail, which is why our mailings do not
arrive in your inboxes. So, if Lowlands-L mail stops coming, please first check
your "spam" filters and adjust them if necessary, and only contact me
about the problem if all of the above fails. Should you indeed be disconnected,
please write to me or resubmit an application (<a href="http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=subscription">http://www.lowlands-l.net/index.php?page=subscription</a>).
I'll be more than happy to bring you swiftly back to the fold.<br>
<br>
Again, dear Lowlanders, thanks for your support and cooperation and for all those
interesting contributions past and future!<br>
<br>
Regards, Reinhard "Ron" F. Hahn<br>
Co-Founder & Chief Editor<br>
Lowlands-L <a href="http://www.lowlands-l.net/">http://www.lowlands-l.net</a><br>
<br>
***<br>
Welcome to those of you who just joined us since 18 December 2006:<br></span>
</h1><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Canada</span>:<br>
British Columbia:<br>
Mission [1]<br>
Ontario:<br>
Hamilton [1]<br>
Paincourt [1]<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Netherlands</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">Nederland</span>):<br>
Gelderland:<br>
Lienden [1]<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Norway</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">Norge, Noreg, Norga</span>):<br>
Viken:<br>
Oslo [1]<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">South Africa</span><br>
(<span style="font-style: italic;">Suid-Afrika, Mzantsi Afrika, Ningizimu Afrika</span>):<br>
Gauteng:<br>
Pretoria (Tshwane) [1]<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thailand</span> (</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";" lang="TH">ประเทศไทย</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">
):<br>
Chiang Mai Province (</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";" lang="TH">จังหวัดเชียงใหม่</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">):<br>
Chiang Mai (</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";" lang="TH">เชียงใหม่</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">) [1]<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">
United Kingdom</span>:<br>
Scotland (<span style="font-style: italic;">Alba</span>):<br>
Edinburgh (<span style="font-style: italic;">Embra, Dùn Èideann</span>) [1]<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">United States of America</span>:<br>
Georgia:<br>
Athens [1]<br>
Stone Mountain [1]<br>
Massachusetts:<br>
Chelmsford [1]<br>
Oregon:<br>
Eugene <br>
Talent [1]<br></span></p>
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