Re: [Cz-L] The English we write.

Bruce, Jerome and all the originators of this list have done
and are doing an extraordinary job and enormous mitzvah.
The Cz-L is unique among the many mailing lists
in the world of Jewish genealogy.
Bravo, yasher koach!

Merle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Reisch" <bir1_at_cornell.edu>
To: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] The English we write.

> The Cz-L originated as an English language discussion group, and quickly
> encompassed a number of members for whom English was a 2nd or distant 3rd
> language. As a native English speaker, I am SO greatly appreciative of
> the fact that we have such a high percentage of participants for whom
> English is not their primary language. I regret that there are some who
> are unable to participate due to lack of command of English, but I have so
> much respect for members who post messages even in much less than perfect
> English. Thank you for your extraordinary efforts to communicate with the
> rest of us, and please don't be deterred by any concern over less than
> perfect English.
>
> The year 2010 was a milestone for our list. We had (by my count) a total
> of
> 3,178 messages posted - 37% more than in any previous year! I can graph
> it out if you'd like, but the number of posts ranged from 664 to 2,327
> annually between 2006 and 2009. Clearly, we're succeeding! Family
> connections have been renewed; old friends have been reunited; and we've
> even helped brother and sister survivors of the holocaust reunite after
> each had assumed the other had perished in the holocaust. Knowledge of
> life in the old days, and a sharing of genealogical resources, have helped
> us all learn about our families and their lives back in Bukovina.
>
> Thank you all; I've learned so much, and it doesn't stop here!
>
> Bruce
>
>
> At 11:36 +0200 1/1/11, HARDY BREIER wrote:
>>English is the official language of the Ehpes. King's English.
>>As an american website it is only right .
>> But many of us are foreigners .
>> We were brought up under a different sun.
>> And we write and speak as we were brought up.
>> It was not an English sun.
>> You can see it in our posts , some are parodies.
>> But all strictly Czernowitz.
>> We would prefer German.
>> But our German is even worse .
>> So is our Rumanian.
>> So then in Czernowitzerish , but this is not a language.
>> So, by default, English is a good choice.
>> Funny as it may sound...
>>
> Hardy
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