LL-L "Anniversary" 2004.11.04 (05) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: "Holidays" [E]

> > From: R. F. Hahn <lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net>
> > Subject: Anniversary
> >
> > Talking about "gothic," don't forget to write a brief anniversary blurb
> > (with picture?) as one of the main movers and shakers.  Yes, it's fine
to
> > write it in Scots (with an English translation), and, yes, it's fine to

Wait a minute! Did I get this completely wrong? Were you actually inviting
all members to submit a "blurb" about themselves for the website?

Or what?

I merely ask because it was so weird to wake up this morning and find a
posting from me that had even less than usual to do with the subject area of
the mailing list! Still, it was culture!

Things do seem to have gone a bit bonkers lately with me submitting BSL
stuff (though I do try to stick to cultural and language interfaces) and
other people suggesting adding Highland German as a main language for
discussion.

Unfortunately it seems as if there isn't much interest in discussing Scots
at an academic level any more. I tried to revive some interest by submitting
scanned articles from older collections but my first attempt got no response
so I'm not so sure about submitting more.

It is a bit of an irony on mailing lists that the more lengthy and complete
a submission is, the less likely it is to result in discussion, while a
simple question on a point of etymology can result in endless discussion -
and the more people are just guessing at it, the more discussion there is!
This has been discouraging contributions from me on Scots literature and
reminiscences for some time now, although I have quite a collection of
scraps of out-of-copyright articles on Scots and large numbers of poems by
minor poets writing in Scots.

Not sure what to do!

Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Anniversary

Sandy:

> Wait a minute! Did I get this completely wrong? Were you actually
> inviting all members to submit a "blurb" about themselves for the
> website?
>
> Or what?

Sure, you can write something about yourself, but the main purpose is to
write a paragraph or two about yourself *and* Lowlands-L (experiences,
thoughts, reminiscing, etc., what you got out of it ...) for our 10th
anniversary issue.  If this comes with a smallish picture (of you), all the
better.

I would like as many subscribers as possible to write those.  The cap'n,
skipper, cox'n, and the rest of the crew should definitely lead the pack in
this.

> Unfortunately it seems as if there isn't much interest in discussing Scots
at
> an academic level any more. I tried to revive some interest by submitting
> scanned articles from older collections but my first attempt got no
response
> so I'm not so sure about submitting more.

Just keep at it, and remember that the silent majority reads it.

> It is a bit of an irony on mailing lists that the more lengthy and
complete
> a submission is, the less likely it is to result in discussion, while a
simple
> question on a point of etymology can result in endless discussion - and
> the more people are just guessing at it, the more discussion there is!

This is my experience as well.  It's probably best to submit stuff in brief
installments and start off with something catchy.  I'm afraid that's where
the world is heading in the process of American-led globalization: folks'
attention span is fast shrinking to the size of that of a gnat's.

Keep ahaad!
Reinhard/Ron

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