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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L - 13 May 2007 - Volume 01</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From: </span><span id="_user_pat@caerlas.demon.co.uk" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25); font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Pat Reynolds</span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="lg">
<<a href="mailto:pat@caerlas.demon.co.uk">pat@caerlas.demon.co.uk</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Subject: LL-L "Anniversary" 2007.05.11 (01) [E]
</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">In message<br><<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:57c981290705111105m6be6661bpcd9a256e13262bf7@mail.gmail.com">
57c981290705111105m6be6661bpcd9a256e13262bf7@mail.gmail.com</a>>,<br>Lowlands-L List <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:lowlands.list@gmail.com">lowlands.list@gmail.com</a>> i.e
. Reinhart/ Ron writes<br></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="q">>As the month of our 12th anniversary is drawing to an end, I want to<br>>thank those of you that during this time made special efforts
<br><br></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">And I want to thank you!<br><br>On the idea of doing 'something more' than conversing on an email list,<br>or contributing to a website: I wonder how you / you all would feel
<br>about irregularly and occassionally meeting? Perhaps at occassions<br>where it is probable that several members will be present anyway?<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Pat<br></div><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="sg">
--<br>Pat Reynolds<br><br>It may look messy now ...<br> ... but just you come back in 500 years time (T. Pratchett).<br><br>----------<br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">From: </span><span id="_user_pat@caerlas.demon.co.uk" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25); font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
R. F. Hahn</span><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial,sans-serif;" class="lg"> <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Subject: Anniversary</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Thanks a lot, Pat.</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The idea has occurred to me, and years ago I proposed it, though there was no reaction to it then. Perhaps things have changed -- namely possible reservations and boundary considerations.
</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">At the very least, I could imagine two more immediate possibilities:</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<ol style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Specialized groups</span>: groups of Lowlanders sharing special interests<br></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Regional groups</span>
: groups of Lowlanders within a certain geographic region, possibly within fairly easy travel distance from each other, that may choose to hold occasional in-person meetings</li></ol><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
In either case, one might suggest that these groups elect a representative each and share condensed versions of their common discoveries with the List, possibly also contribute on-line summary presentations.</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Specialized topics (other than specific language varieties) off the top of my head on the basis of was has been transpiring so far:</span>
<br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><ul style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><li>Etymology (word history) and onomastics (name history)<br></li><li>Phonology</li><li>Orthography<br></li><li>Language planning and policies
</li><li>Language construction<br></li><li>Language contacts</li><li>Culture contacts<br></li><li>History</li><li>Folklore</li><li>Music<br></li><li>Literature<br></li><li>Architecture</li><li>Food and drink<br></li><li>Promotion of lesser-known languages and cultures
<br></li></ul>
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">And then there is the possibility of teams working on projects with a view at publication.</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Also, we do already have the technology, though not yet uniform access to it -- and I'm thinking here about real-time online conferencing. I could see us do that sometime in the future, although there may be issues of language proficiency and time zones.
</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Pat, the other day you mentioned a project idea in an email message to me. I thought then that was a really great one, but to my shame I've forgotten what it was. Do you remember?
</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">And, Pat, thanks for sharing a summary of one of your interests in your own Gallery nook (
</span><a style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;" href="http://lowlands-l.net/gallery/reynolds.php">lowlands-l.net/gallery/reynolds.php</a><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">). Quite a few people all over the world have stopped to read it already. Please feel free to add anything relevant.
</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Again, everyone:</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><ul style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
<li>Anniversary: <a href="http://lowlands-l.net/anniversary/">lowlands-l.net/anniversary/</a></li><li>Gallery: <a href="http://lowlands-l.net/gallery/reynolds.php">lowlands-l.net/gallery/</a></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
Regards,</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Reinhard/Ron</span><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
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