LL-L "Anniversary" 2005.11.18 (03) [E]

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18 November 2005 * Volume 03
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From: R. F. Hahn <lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net>
Subject: Anniversary

Folks,

If you haven't done so in a while, I suggest it's time again to pay a visit 
to our anniversary site (http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/). There are 
quite a few new presentations.

One of them is actually Lowlandic ;-): the dialect of Basingstoke in 
Northern Hampshire, England. It was kindly provided by our Gary with the 
help of a friend.  It comes with a sound file.

Besides that, there are -- largely thanks to the doings of Mike the Primary 
Procurer -- new translations into Esperanto, Maltese, Turkish, Crimean 
Tatar, Northern Sámi, Irish, Manx and Mohawk (some with sound files).  The 
"What's New?" page 
(http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/index.php?page=new) keeps you 
informed about the developments.  Those of you interested in this project 
might like to check this page regularly.

Also new is an alphabetical index of all featured language varieties 
(http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/index.php?page=a-z).  I posted it 
late last night, and already the statisics utility shows that this index is 
very popular.

In fact, this presentation seems to be increasingly popular, going by the 
"hits" it gets and by other folks' and organizations' pages that list to it. 
As I have already mentioned in an earlier posting, a pattern seems to be 
emerging whereby people search for websites that deal with "their" languages 
(which may or may not be Lowlandic) and then stay at our site, look around 
(some people for hours) and "discover" what we offer in terms of focus 
varieties.  Furthermore, pages with sound files seem to be particularly 
popular.  "OK. I now know what it looks like. But what does it *sound* 
like?" is probably what goes on in people's heads.  So our Gary sure had a 
brilliant idea when he first suggested the format of this project.

Going by statistical detail, by communication and by websites that link to 
our anniversary site, it looks as though people at schools all over the 
world make up a good part of our audience.  This is something to bear in 
mind if you are trying to decide whether or not to do your part to help this 
project along farther -- and we hope you do.

So, thanks for all the help provided and to be provided!

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron 

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