Back in the saddle

[Miklós Kontra]

thanks,
m


Dennis R. Preston írta:

> I must be in Copenhagen the first week of June.
>
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>> DInIs,
>>
>> your thinly veiled suggestion for an invitation when you are in Europe
>> is not forgotten. By the agent deleter.
>> When exactly would that be? The financial and other situation is always
>> hopeless here so I should know.
>>
>> MiklÛs
>>
>>
>> Dennis R. Preston Ìrta:
>>
>>> Colleagues,
>>>
>>> I was queried, nay accosted, recently about my failure to appear in
>>> ADS-L, particularly with reference to some recent postings that some
>>> thought would boil my Lowland Applachian-Hungarian blood.
>>>
>>> Alas, I forgot that the "pilot" part was deleted from my e-mail
>>> address some years ago and that recently the institution stopped
>>> honoring messages sent to that old address. ADS-L was one that used
>>> that format.
>>>
>>> I am happy to be back in the fold.
>>>
>>> dInIs
>>> --
>>> Dennis R. Preston
>>> University Distinguished Professor
>>> Department of English
>>> 15C Morrill Hall
>>> Michigan State University
>>> East Lansing, MI 48824
>>> 517-353-4736
>>> preston at msu.edu
>>>
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>>
>>
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>> MiklÛs Kontra
>> Research Institute for Linguistics
>> Hungarian Academy of Sciences
>> H-1068 Budapest,
>> Bencz™r u. 33., Hungary
>> Phone: (36 1) 321-4830, ext. 110
>> Fax: (36 1) 322-9297
>> Email: kontra at nytud.hu
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> professor to exhibit himself in his own true
> character - that is, as an ignorant man [sic]
> thinking, actively utilizing his small share of
> knowledge. Alfred North Whitehead
>
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> but if you look at them carefully, you'll see
> that they all have one thing in common: They were
> invented by a giant, superintelligent slug named
> Dennis. Homer Simpson
>
> Dennis R. Preston
> University Distinguished Professor
> Department of English
> 15-C Morrill Hall
> Michigan State University
> East Lansing, MI 48824-1036
> Phone: (517) 353-4736
> Fax: (517) 353-3755
> preston at msu.edu
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Miklós Kontra
Research Institute for Linguistics
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
H-1068 Budapest,
Benczúr u. 33., Hungary
Phone: (36 1) 321-4830, ext. 110
Fax: (36 1) 322-9297
Email: kontra at nytud.hu
http://www.arts.u-szeged.hu/elteal/staff_mikloskontra.html

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