LL-L "Anniversary" 2006.01.03 (04) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 03 January 2006 * Volume 04
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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Anniversary

Folks,

Please find below a copy of the continuation of my correspondence with 
Shelia Nelson about one of the Appalachian translations of the Wren story.

Please keep the goodies coming, people!  I'm waiting here.

Regards (now again from Seattle after a longer-than-usual return flight from 
California),
Reinhard/Ron

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Date: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 6:08 PM
From: Lowlands-L <lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net>
To: Nelson, Shelia <SheliaN at MASKED.gov>
Subject: The Wren Story

> Dear Mr. Hahn,
>
> Thanks for your reply and the link to the Appalachian version of the Wren
> Story. Is there any way I could help you with the sound file?  I live in
> Appalachia, only an hour and a half away from Gatlinburg, Sevier County,
> Tennessee. I've lived here all my life. Believe me, I know the dialect.
>
> Happy 2006!
> Shelia

Dear Shelia,

("Ron" will do, if you don't mind.  We Lowlanders are kind of chummy folks.)

We would absolutely *love* it if you would make a sound file of the story
in your home dialect.  Our member Arthur Jones will probably supply a
sound file to go with the West Virginia version.

If you would say things differently from the previously published version,
by all means rewrite it to make it authentic and natural to *you*.  This
would make for a third version.

Really, the more the merrier!  If you know other people willing to do it,
please pass on the news.  It's quite all right to have more than one
version and more than one sound file even of the same place, especially if
there are gender, age and ethnic differences.

We at Lowlands-L very much welcome any sort of Appalachian material, not
only for the sake of study but also for the sake of appreciation and
honoring of all speech varieties.  Appalachian is pretty much unknown
outside North America, certainly outside the English-speaking world, and
it is about time that we introduce it to the rest of the world and do so
in a positive way, given also that I receive inquiries about it once in a
while.

Do you know how to make sound files?  If not, please let me know,
preferably with a copy to our sound master Henry Pijffers
(henry at saxnot.com) in the Netherlands. In a pinch, cassette tape
recordings would do, but the sound quality would be inferior.

I think it is wonderful that you enrich your children's lives with
Appalachian material.  I very much hope this is not an unusual situation
in your area.

Wishing you and yours all the best for 2006,
Reinhard "Ron" F. Hahn
Founder & Editor, Lowlands-L
http://www.lowlands-l.net/
lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net 

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