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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">L O W L A N D S - L - 27 December 2012 - Volume 01<br></font><a href="mailto:lowlands.list@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">lowlands.list@gmail.com</font></a><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> - </font><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/" target="_blank"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://lowlands-l.net/</font></a></span></div>

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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: <span name="Henry Baron"><span name="Dick van Faassen"><span name="Wesley Parish"><span name="Henno Brandsma"><span class="gD" name="Mike Morgan">Mike Morgan</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:mwmbombay@gmail.com">mwmbombay@gmail.com</a>></span></span> </span></span> </span> </font></div>

<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: LL-L "Holidays" 2012.12.26 (02) [EN]</font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left">

<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> And from Mark Morgan:<br><br> Mike, actually ;-)<br></font><div class="im">

<br><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">>  शुभ क्रिसमस!  Hindi<br></font></div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">also a number of other central (and West) north Indic languages which<br>used to be classed as "dialects" of Hindi, such as the Rajasthani<br>

 group<br><br>>  کریسمس مبارک Persian (Farsi)<br> or Urdu (which is actually a little closer to my neighbiourhood)<br><br> mwm || *U*C> || mike || माईक || мика || マイク (aka Dr Michael W Morgan)<br> sign language linguist / linguistic typologist<br>

 academic adviser, Nepal Sign Language Training and Research<br> NDFN, Kathmandu, Nepal</font></div><font size="3"></font><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">----------</font></div>

<div><div class="im"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: <span name="Henry Baron"><span name="Dick van Faassen"><span name="Wesley Parish"><span name="Henno Brandsma"><span class="gD" name="Mike Morgan">Mike Morgan</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:mwmbombay@gmail.com">mwmbombay@gmail.com</a>></span></span> </span></span> </span> </font></div>

<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: LL-L "Holidays" 2012.12.26 (02) [EN]</font></div></div><div class="im"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div>

<div class="im"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">>>  کریسمس مبارک Persian (Farsi)<br>> or Urdu (which is actually a little closer to my neighbiourhood)<br></font></div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">also, how/what Pakistani Panjabis would probably write as well.From: <span name="Henry Baron"><span name="Dick van Faassen"><span name="Wesley Parish"><span name="Henno Brandsma"><span class="gD" name="Mike Morgan">Mike Morgan</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:mwmbombay@gmail.com">mwmbombay@gmail.com</a>></span></span> </span></span> </span> </font></div>

<div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: LL-L "Holidays" 2012.12.26 (02) [EN]</font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left">

<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">mwm || *U*C> || mike || माईक || мика || マイク (aka Dr Michael W Morgan)<br>

 sign language linguist / linguistic typologist<br> academic adviser, Nepal Sign Language Training and Research<br> NDFN, Kathmandu, Nepal</font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div>

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: <span name="Henry Baron"><span name="Dick van Faassen"><span name="Wesley Parish"><span name="Henno Brandsma"><span class="gD" name="Mike Morgan">Mike Morgan</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:mwmbombay@gmail.com">mwmbombay@gmail.com</a>></span></span> </span></span> </span> </font></div>

<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: LL-L "Holidays" 2012.12.26 (02) [EN]</font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left">

<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Oh, and lest we forget:<br><br>तमु ल्होसार (२५९७) आशिमलाँ।<br>

Happy Gurung New Year 2597!<br><br> Tamu Lhosar isn't till Sunday (30 Dec), but these days, one is NEVER<br> sure when there might be electricty* and a chance to send greetings<br> ;-)<br><br> * today's electricty schedule in my neighbourhood here in the<br>

 country's capital is: electricty went off at 9AM, and will come on<br> again from 4-7PM, then off till midnight.<br><br> (one of the reasons I go to work is that the ofice is in a different<br> district for loadshedding, and so when electricty is off at home there<br>

 is a CHANCE it might be on at work... and also, at work, we have soem<br> backup power ;-)<br><br> Happy end of the year to all Lowlanders... even those of us who live<br> near the Top of the World!</font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left">

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 sign language linguist / linguistic typologist<br> academic adviser, Nepal Sign Language Training and Research<br> NDFN, Kathmandu, Nepal </font></div></div></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left">

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