LL-L 'Resources' 2007.01.02 (04) [E/S]

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L 'Resources' 2006.12.31 (01) [E]

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Resources
>
> Sandy (a.k.a. Birthday Boy):
>
> > Ron, you'll give me a red face!
>
> Awricht! Coud ye send us a photie o it than?

Nut!

> Seriously, Sandy, Michael and I seem to be in agreement here that what
> you've created so far is nothing to sneeze at, and I'm sure we aren't
> the only ones.  So, all right. "Monumental" is a big word.  From where
> you are standing, Scotstext as it is now may seem like a drop in the
> bucket.  But from where we are standing it's of hitherto unknown
> proportion, is in fact unique.  So you could take the cynical road and
> say it's a case of a big fish in a small pond.  That's neither here
> nor there.  The fact is that a thing like this hasn't been done
> before, that you are doing it and are sticking with it, that doing it
> serves both Scots speakers and Scots readers on the one hand and Scots
> learners on the other hand, not to mention promotion of Scots
> literature and language and the stimulus and education it's likely to
> be for many. Seen in this light, "monumental" doesn't seem to be an
> overstatement.  Where I'm coming from, casting a pebble into a still
> pond can be a monumental act alone for the ripple effect it causes.
> Most folks moan about voids while a few take it upon themselves to try
> and fill the voids despite the criticism they are likely to get from
> those that previously did nothing but moan (it being a given that
> those that do nothing tend to be the greatest experts).

All right, all richt, I'll get on with it!

> 萬歲 (万岁) wan sui (Japanese banzai) -- "ten thousand years (of
> age)," Sandy!

That sounds about right!

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/
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