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

Hi Bruce,
We are now in a new year, in a new decade...I can not put in words my thanks
and recognition, and I believe I am speaking for the whole Buk, cumunity,
all over the world, for what you have done for the next generations of
Czernowitzer and Bukowiner..God blesse you for your work...Forget my bad
english...
Happy New Year 2011 !
Hedwig

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Reisch" <bir1_at_cornell.edu>
To: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 9:16 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
>

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