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<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 style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Morphology" 2008.07.03 (01) [E]<br><br></span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" id="1eqt" class="ArwC7c ckChnd">
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<div><span>Beste
Travis,</span></div>
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<div><span>first of all: like
the 'Great Kahuna' I'm enjoying your postings very much.</span></div>
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span>But- I've got some
problems to understand all of your thoughts. This may be due to your splendid
level of linguistic intelligence but could also be a result of the fact that I
have some difficulties to find your reference/thread. As you meanwhile might
have experienced we sometimes have a good quantity of 'traffic', and a lot of
wise people feel animated to write a lot of wise stuff
;-)!</span></div>
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span>So, if you won't
mind, just give me (and others) a better chance to follow you. Maybe it could
be helpful to read the rules and guidelines of this unique and 'gemuetlich'
forum: </span><a href="http://www.lowlands-l.net/rules.php" target="_blank">http://www.lowlands-l.net/rules.php</a><span></span> <span>From my point of
view you're welcomed <font color="#008080"><em>'to be a bit (more) of
pedant'</em> <font color="#000000">also as far as our conventions are
concerned ;-)!</font></font></span></div>
<div><span></span> </div>
<div><span>Please don't resent
me my words! </span></div>
<div> </div>
<div align="left"><span>With
friendly regards</span></div>
<div align="left"> </div>
<div align="left">Jonny Meibohm<span> </span></div>
<div align="left"><span></span> </div>
<div align="left"><span></span> </div>
<div align="left"><span>BTW:
Obschounst ick dat jao gonne drövv (dat Mengleern van 'postings'), segg ick
maol, dat ick bi uns Arend in siin mail </span><br><font color="#0000ff">LL-L "Language use" 2008.07.02 (06) [LS]</font><span> </span></div>
<div align="left"><span>ouk ne
recht begrepen hebb, wat hey woll meent hett ;-)?! Kannitverstaan, Arend
*s*!</span></div></div>
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<font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>>
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Subject: Language use<br><br>Hi, Jonny!<br><br>Thanks for letting Travis and Arend know that you don't understand all that they wrote.<br><br>(I don't know what you mean by the Kahuna, though, for he didn't say anything.)<br>
<br>Perhaps it would help if you let them know exactly <i>what</i> you don't understand. This would be more helpful and would give them a chance to explain. This would be useful to pretty much everyone: it would explain difficult terminology and theory, in Arend's case would allow all of us to understand his Drenthe Low Saxon dialect better, and would point out to the "experts" with what concepts people have problems. In the end all of us would be learning.<br>
<br>I personally prefer this approach to asking Travis to lower the level of his communication. On the other hand, I don't advocate deliberately raising the bar either, and I'm quite sure that's not what Travis did. (Concepts may be difficult but can be conveyed in plain language.) I find his contributions extremely interesting, thought-provoking and informative. I guess you do to, why it is that you are so keen to make sense of them.<br>
<br>But, really, this is just my personal opinion. In the end we should go with what most people prefer. As much as possible we should avoid leaving people behind and at the same time should avoid holding people back.<br>
<br>To tell you the truth, I get something out of almost every posting. Everyone has something to share and to teach, at the very least let everyone know what is problematic for them. It's all a give-and-take, as the professional educators among us will agree.<br>
<br>My suggestion presupposes that people are not too shy or embarrassed to ask questions, to admit that they don't understand something. I sure hope they aren't. You, Jonny, are setting an example in this regard. Thanks.<br>
<br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br></span></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">