Date:  Thu, 16 Oct 1997 20:35:38 -0400
From:  TERRY IRONS <t.irons[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MOREHEAD-ST.EDU>
Subject: Warning! and a Request

Once again I have asked members of my language & society class to join
our discussion group.

I have asked them first to observe the discussion on the list. But I
have also required as a class assignment that they either respond to a
query or post a query about dialect and language variation.

Some of their observations may be naive, simple-minded, unfounded, or
even wrong. I ask that you bear with them in your replying. If things
get out of hand with some, I will address that issue separately.

To those who have immediate concerns, I suggest that inviting students to
join our discussions is crucial to the future health of our discipline.


Virtually, Terry
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Terry Lynn Irons    t.irons[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]morehead-st.edu
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