LL-L "Member's news" 2007.11.08 (04) [E]

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From: Mike Morgan <mwmosaka at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Member's news" 2007.11.08 (03) [E]

Howzit!

[MWM]:
> Well, if Indian English is Lowlands, what about Tok Pisin and Bislama
>  (which have been trading places on the to-go and runners-up shelves)?
[R/R]:
> To reiterate, all Englishes are within our focus, as are all pidgins and
> creoles that substantially involve (not necessarily constitute the bases
of)
> Lowlands languages (which tend to be Afrikaans, Dutch and English). This
> puts Tok Pisin and Bislama fair and square into the Lowlands focus, since
> they are English-based creoles (former pidgins that have "gone native").

Sorry brah, I wen forget ALL da kine pidgins was Lowlands (I come
Pearl side, but live long time up Makiki way -- mauka-side, brah, so
no LOW lands, so no give me da stink eye, eh?). Ain no way I go India
widout my copy Lee Tonouchi's Living Pidgin an' also Da Word (dat one
FUNNY book, eh, j'like wen we waz kids) ... So dat make, wat, EIGHT
Lowlands languages I gon take wit? Eh braddah, get so many! Maybe
betta jes go whole cheese and take 'em all!

> Mike, I envy you as you embark on a new phase in your exciting life as an
> expatriate. Why, I might even visit you sometime in good, old भारत माता.
I'm
> sure you will have a wonderful time that is enriching for everyone
> concerned.

You are always most welcome, as are ANY and ALL Lowlands list members
who pass through my new neighborhood  Just drop me an email and give
me a heads up, and I'll have the chai ready and the rotis hot!

> You could even be our ambassador in India (and get a
> special name from the Kahuna) if you play your cards right.

I would be most greatly overjoyed to be the recipient of such an
honour, ... though the only card game I know is Nepali 3-card, no-peek
poker. THAT is a real blast!

>  P.S.: Officially, our Sandy is A. Fleming, I assume (Alexander = Sandy,
> pronounced something like "Sawny" I think). Just after he joined us donkey
> years ago I assumed he was a woman, which he graciously corrected, yet I
> still danced many a Tango with him over orthographic issues.

Yes, and I am officially Michael, but the only person who knew me who
has EVER called me that was my mother, and then only when I was little
and she was hoppin' mad at me! NOT a pleasant memory ... And, just for
the record (since I always sign-off with the 3 initials), the middle
name is Wayne, which for some reason I have ALWAYS hated (EVEN in my
Arthurian period when I imagined it was a form of Gawain). And the
initials MWM are not only easy to write, but even easier to
fingerspell ... IN ASL (not nearly so "handy" in either BSL or ISL,
I'm afraid) .... the ASL name-sign incorporates JUST the two M's
articulated at the chin, and my more widely known JSL and
international name sign is the one-handed form of the sign for "beard"
(though beards are NOT so uncommon where I am going, they are a rarity
where I have been, and hence the distinctive name sign.)

Anyway, I WILL be in touch ... and as I have OFTEN noticed that some
of the "strange" forms of Indian English are not quite so strange to
me (given my almost-Appalachian mother if not a previous South Asian
rebirth), maybe on occassion I will be checking in to see if they have
broader Lowlands connections. [for instance, the idiom "do the
needful" came up the other day in an email from Ishara's principal (it
MAY in fact have even been in the plural "do the needfuls", but as i
cannot locate the email right now, I can't be sure.) ... any Lowlands
links there???

MWM || マイク || Мика || माईक

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Dr Michael W Morgan
Managing Director
Ishara Foundation
Mumbai (Bombay), India

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माईकल मोर्गन (पी.एच.डी.)
मेनेजिंग डॉयरेक्टर
ईशारा फॉउंडेशन (मुंबई )

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茂流岸マイク(言語学博士)
イシャラ基金の専務理事・事務局長
ムンバイ(ボンベイ)、インド

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

Howdy 'gain, Mike!

I conferred with the Kahuna, and we unanimously voted in favor of appointing
you to the post of Lowlands Ambassador to India. Should you accept this
assignment, the Kahuna will send a buxom *kaikamahine* or strapping *keiki
kāne* (whichever you prefer) to give you a *lei*. Just for having taken the
speaker's mat he has bestowed upon you a mat of honor and a "fragrant name,"
upon Marcus as well: http://lowlands-l.net/treasures/kahuna.htm

But mind that this prestigious diplomatic post comes with expectations.
Various Indic wrens would be a start.

Regards, from the Kahuna as well,

Reinhard/Ron
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