Interpreting the Mappe Quinatzin, leaf 2 and leaf 3

Michael McCafferty mmccaffe at indiana.edu
Tue Apr 21 21:14:31 UTC 2009


En vrai, Pablo, i didn't read anything that came in today beside Mario 
Aguilar's posting, which looked like it had some substance, which of 
course it did.

En vrai, until the "Ometeotl" tlamantli appeared, i wasn't aware that 
contributors to Nahuat-l were other than serious *linguistic* scholars.

Mr. Offner today has provided what appears at first glance some 
substance to his earlier critiques of Dr. Lee's work. Not that he's 
necessarily right. The substance simply wasn't there before. And his 
intentions were not clear, either.

axcan yocoxca, ihuian,

Michael







Quoting Pablo Garcia <PGarcia at anselm.edu>:

> Listeros,
>
>
>
> Generally, I enjoy the back and forth on this list. However, this
> latest thread must have taken a wrong turn in Albuquerque.
>
>
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> I don't think I need to defend Michael's character--nobody should be
> judged, much less condemned, by a couple of e-mails, a medium which
> lacks all the subtleties of live communication such as tone and
> gestures which may, for instance, indicate humor or irony. If nothing
> else, the current conversation has highlighted the importance of
> having as much context as possible before risking an interpretation.
>
>
>
> I would simply suggest we stop nursing our respective sensibilities,
> cease the personal attacks and refocus the conversation on Nahua
> language and culture.
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> Respetuosamente,
>
> Pablo
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>
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> PS: I will preemptively say that I do think some of the issues raised
> regarding scholarship are important and should be discussed, but I
> certainly find the tone, and perhaps the venue, inappropriate.
>
>
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> "Let the honest scholar who has never concocted a crackpot theory
> cast his reflection in the smoking mirror."
>
>
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> Pablo García
>
> Assistant Professor
>
> Modern Languages and Literatures
>
> Saint Anselm College
>
> pgarcia at anselm.edu
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>
>




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