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<div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">=========================================================================<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 24 March 2008 - Volume 02<br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">
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========================================================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">jonny</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:jonny.meibohm@arcor.de">jonny.meibohm@arcor.de</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span class="HcCDpe"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">LL-L "Resources" 2008.03.23 (04) [E]</span><br><br></span><div><span><font face="Courier New">Beste
Ron,</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Courier New">well done-
I've taken a look into the site you meanwhile established ( <a href="http://lowlands-l.net/beyondthepale/" target="_blank"><font face="Arial">http://lowlands-l.net/beyondthepale/</font></a> ).
Perfect! Been busy, eh ;-)??</font></span></div><div class="Ih2E3d">
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<div><font face="Courier New"><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" face="Arial"><span>> </span><font color="#008080">Send stuff under
"Words" and in the body of your messages specify which of the categories each
submission is for.</font></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></font></div>
</div><div><span><font face="Courier New">So- let me
try.</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Courier New">Subject: LL-L
"Words"</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Courier New">Category: "Words I
Love"</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Courier New">"s'il vous plait"
(abbrev. "s.v.p.") (French) "if you please" (English) </font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Courier New"><em>Though I
don't speak French at all I find this phrase to be the most
international and best sounding way for any type of request. (Jonny
Meibohm, Bremerhaven, Germany)</em></font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Courier New">Can we run it this
way?</font></span></div>
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<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" align="left">Allerbest!</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Jonny Meibohm</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">----------</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: Resources<br><br>Thanks, Jonny, and thanks for taking the lead.<br><br>The way you submitted it works fine.<br><br>One thing though: doesn't <i>s'il vous plait</i> literally mean "if it pleases you"? (I think an 18th-century Germanized form of it for the "less cultured" was <i>wenn es Euch behagt</i> or <i>sollte es Euch behagen</i>.)</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Cheers!</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Reinhard/Ron</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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