disagreeing or flaming?

peter webster peterweb at TELEPORT.COM
Wed Aug 25 11:06:42 UTC 1999


Nayga wawa "màhsie, Nadja pi Tony!" Nayga sick tumtum kopa menaschie wawa.
--I want to say "thanks, Nadja and Tony!" I feel sick hearing bad words to
Nadja.

Nayga tumtum tenas man, kopa wawa cInuk! Wik-klus nayka wawa cInuk. Nayga
chako kumtux wawa cInuk. Nayga tumtum kwass.
--I feel like a little boy, when I talk chinook. I don't talk good chinook.
I am learning to speak chinook. I feel fear.

At 2:35 PM -0700 8/25/99, Tony Berrocoso wrote:
>At 10:21 AM 8/25/1999 -0700, someone wrote:
>
>>I SAID STOP SENDING THIS CRAP NOW!!!!!
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: More FM Studio [mailto:MORE at tv3.co.nz]
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 10:28 PM
>>To: Nadja Adolf
>>Subject: RE: Alta wegt ya?im klatawa kapa Spanol
>>
>This sort of flaming, especially in a personal Email, is really abusive.
>We need an open and friendly interchange without insults and domineering
>behaviour.  I hope our Listserve director will speak out against such
>flagrant violations of common courtesy.
>
>Nadja has been brave and clever in her comments in Chinook Jargon, and I
>and others admire her.  If the NZ writer cares to suggest a new
>conversation list as a better means of delivery, well, that's an idea that
>can be discussed. I would certainly subscribe to such a group.
>
>Thanks, Nadja!


peter



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