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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: Projects<br><br>Lowlanders,<br><br>Below is my exchange with Hanne about “The Crypt”, our new “scary” Web series:<br>
<a href="http://lowlands-l.net/crypt/">http://lowlands-l.net/crypt/</a></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: Hannelore Hinz <<a href="mailto:HanneHinz@t-online.de">HanneHinz@t-online.de</a>></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: LL-L "Holidays" 2009.09.13 (01) [EN]</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi Ron,</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">you help me, I can't find the word "WRAITHIKE" in my dictionary.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thanks.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: Etymology</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi, Hanne!</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">"Wraithlike" or "wraith-like" means something like "ghostly", thus gespenstisch. It's quite old-fashioned.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Regards,</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I should add to this that the “old-fashioned” choice is quite deliberate, also in the case of the phrase “most uncanny”. It is supposed to connote that the whole thing isn’t meant to be (totally) serious, that it is a bit tongue in cheek (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">nicht ganz ernst gemeint</i>), which isn’t necessarily to say that “supernatural” phenomena are totally out of the question. It’s a bit like suddenly putting on a Count Dracula voice.<br>
<br>For most people, scary stories have amusement value. It tends to be the element of “It isn’t true … <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">is</b> it?” and the thought “What if …?” that most people find entertaining.<br>
<br>Enjoy, my pretties … if you dare!<br><br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br>Seattle, USA</font></span></p></div>
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