Graduate Study in Slavic at UIUC

Craig Cravens svejk at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU
Tue Nov 16 16:29:58 UTC 2004


All right you two, knock it off.


On Nov 16, 2004, at 7:02 AM, Uladzimir Katkouski wrote:

>> Dear Mr. Uladzimir Katkouski,
>
> Dear Mr. Bogdan Sagatov,
>
>> Comments such as yours do not contribute to the
>> collegiality of a list
>> service dedicated to the betterment of our
>> profession.
>
> 1) Comments such as yours above do not contribute to
> anything except for inciting an Ad Hominem attack.
>
> On the other hand
>
> 2) The "betterment of our profession" here was to
> point out how certain university programs neglect
> "smaller" and "less important" Slavic language and yet
> have audacity to claim to teach a "full range." I have
> an inclination to think that there *is* some space for
> "betterment" here or at least a need for an
> explanation about what they mean by "full range" of
> Slavic languages (if there is indeed such a term).
>
>> My apologies to SEELANGS for a note intended for an
> individiual member offline.
>
> Somehow it did sound to me as if you really intended
> to make it public. It doesn't matter. I'll send this
> to the list as well, so that my answer gets heard, and
> I get my point across (for the sake of all the people
> who are interested in learning Slovak, Belarusan,
> Macedonian or even Sorbian).
>
> And I hope we'll be finished with the topic, because
> the last thing I want is to start any kind of
> off-topic, inflamatory discussions. Let us stay on
> topic and be nice to each other.
>
> Sincerely,
> Uladzimir Katkouski
> http://www.pravapis.org/
> http://blog.rydel.net/
>
>
>
>
>
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Craig Cravens
Fellow of Czech Studies

Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Calhoun 415, F3600
The University of Texas at Austin
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512-232-9125
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/slavic/faculty/cravens.htm

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