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From: "Marenich, Peggy" <<a href="mailto:Peggy.Marenich@thyssenkrupp.com">Peggy.Marenich@thyssenkrupp.com</a>><br>
Subject: LL-L Introduction<br>
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> From: "Marenich, Peggy" <<a href="mailto:Peggy.Marenich@thyssenkrupp.com" target="_blank">Peggy.Marenich@thyssenkrupp.com</a>><br>
> Subject: Introduction </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">>
Peggy Marenich wrote:</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">>
Dear Lowlanders,</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> As a new subscriber to the list, I would like to
introduce myself. I'm an American, living in Birmingham,
Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. By way</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> of background, I'm a graduate of Michigan State University
with a degree in German. I lived in Vienna,
Austria, for
six years immediately after </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> graduation and I have used German in my work ever
since. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> My interests are history, languages, and other
countries and cultures. My primary interest is the Scots language, which
I have been studying eidently > for almost two years. I'm a member of
the Scots Language Society and everything having to do with the language is of
interest to me. Closer to</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> home, I know that Appalachian has retained several
grammatical features of Scots and I'm planning to start studying that as
well. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> I look forward to this
forum and to everything that I can learn from all of you.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> Ron wrote: <br>
<br>
> Hello, Peggy!<br>
<br>
> Wow! What a pleasure to meet you, to welcome you on board and to see that
you did your homework before posting (for which you're getting an A+)!<br>
<br>
> This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. ;-) The
Kahuna stopped snoozing briefly and started smiling. Keep this up and there'll
be a mat > of honor with your name on it. (<a href="http://lowlands-l.net/treasures/kahuna.htm" target="_blank">http://lowlands-l.net/treasures/kahuna.htm</a>)<br>
<br>
> Peggy, you've certainly come to the right address as far as your interests
are concerned. (And as far as Scots is concerned you have a fellow-fan in >
me.)<br>
<br>
> Now all we have to do is wake up our snoozing members of the Scots and
Appalachian persuasions. They tend to leave our Sandy
holding the</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> bag for them. The best
way of doing this is to ask them questions, and, as plan B, to
"provoke" or "entice" them. This "lot" (to use a
non-</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> American expression)
sometimes ... uh ... often needs a nudge or five, all the more during the
Northern Hemisphere summer. So don't feel </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> discouraged if they
don't respond right away. <br>
<br>
> Anyway, Peggy, it's great to have met you.<br>
<br>
> Regards,<br>
> Reinhard/Ron</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Hi Ron--</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Now I have to say "Wow!" What a wonderful
welcome! You and the Kahuna have made my day. Thank you.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">I'm sure I'll have grammar and vocabulary questions for the
Scots Lawlanders, and perhaps we'll find a way to give the Appalachians
a wee nudge as well.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">I'm excited about being a member of the list. Thanks
again and I'll be in touch.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Regards,</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Peggy</span></p>
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