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<br>Topics of the day:
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<br>  1. Peace -  in any language
<br>  2. cleaning your monitor screen (2)
<br>  3. modern use of "gruntled" (2)
<br>  4. 3rd Humor Studies Seminar
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<br>Date:    Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:07:38 -0500
<br>From:    Mike Salovesh <t20mxs1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CORN.CSO.NIU.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: Peace -  in any language
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<br>Ross Chambers wrote:
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<br>> One aspect of the Irish Peace agreement reached at Easter, summarised in
<br>> the Irish Times, underlines the importance of matters of language.
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<br>> Regards - Ross Chambers
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<br>> << The agreement yesterday between the British and Irish
<br>> governments and the political parties in Northern Ireland
<br>> aims to end almost 30 years of bitter civil and sectarian
<br>> conflict and lay the foundations of peaceful coexistence
<br>> between the two communities in Northern Ireland, and
<br>> between the North and the South.
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<br>> The importance of respect for and tolerance of the Irish
<br>> language, Ulster-Scots "and the languages of the various
<br>> ethnic communities" is explicitly recognised. The British
<br>> government is to take "resolute action" to promote the
<br>> Irish language.>>
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<br>As another piece of peace, did anyone else notice -- both in the above
<br>quote and in what ex-Senator Mitchell and President Clinton have said on
<br>TV -- how careful these sources are to avoid saying "the two sides", or
<br>anything of that sort?  "Two sides" would be fighting words; "two
<br>communities" strike me as words of peace.  They emphasize the common
<br>humanity rather than the opposition.  That in itself is a great advance.
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<br>--  mike salovesh                               <salovesh[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]niu.edu>
<br>    anthropology department
<br>    northern illinois university                     PEACE !!!
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