With apologies

[Olga Strakhov]

         Dear Ms Efimenko and all others who want to share their views and
feelings about Tuesday's tragedy!
         I think it is time to say it clearly even though it might sound
very rude. I believe that we all have something to say about the attack,
myself included. But I do not believe that my NON-professional opinion
about the causes of this attack and subsequent measures the USA, UN or NATO
should take is worthy to be discussed publicly.
         I take it for granted, however, that as a member of SEELANS
Listserv you are a specialist in Slavic or East European languages. Trust
me, your PROFESSIONAL opinion about any problem in the field of Slavic and
East European linguistics is of a great interest to me.
         It is quite possible that you are not only a specialist in these
languages but also a specialist in the filed of modern American or Middle
East politics, economics or history. It is also possible that you are a
very important source of information. I will be overwhelmed with joy to
meet your familiar name on any web-site or Listserv that are devoted to
these fields. These are those listservs or web-sites which, I believe, we
all frantically browse right now in order to learn more about what caused
this tragedy and who was behind it. I look forward to find your opinions
there.
         SEELANGS listserv is a forum of specialists in a particular
field--Slavic and East European Languages, their history, lexicology,
morphology, syntax, etymology, etc. Let us use this listserv for this
particular filed and let us do it professionally.
Sincerely, Olga Strakhov
Olga B. Strakhov
Frances Loeb Library
Graduate School of Design
Gund Hall
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
tel.: + 617-496-9543
fax: + 617-496-5929

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