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Dear Mani,
Thank you for pointing out my work in this august group.
When I undertook the project on behalf of the globaltamil group, I did not
realise how difficult the task was going to be. I have, as you had pointed
in your earlier letters to me, considered your sugestions to enhance the
work by inlcuding " more detailed
column on just one word, tracing its etymology, usage, evolution,
quotations from literature of different periods, along the lines of what
the Merriam Websters editors have done." That would take ages to do and
with the little time that I have at my disposal, I am grappling as to how
to divide the remaining time to all the other equally demanding, albeit
voluntary, work, it would take even more time.
But your suggestion of inviting guest writers to write columns is an
excellent idea. I shall be most glad to tie up with anyone to make my work
better. I do notice that there are very good scholars, including you Mani,
in this group. Please do give me your inputs and assistance and we can work
together to arrive at the Merriam's standard.
Dr Jayabarathi is not able to receive his mails from globaltamil for a
while as such he has not been writing. I intend to send them to him
separately from now on and I do sincererly hope he will give his valuable
inputs.
Thank you once again for highlighting my humble work.
Anbuadn
Palani
At 07:41 PM 9/20/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Chandra,
>
>Your note on "teruTTu" led me to the following
>thoughts.
>
>One of the ways in which I enriched my English
>language skills is by reading the columns such as
>"On Language" by William Safire in the New York
>Times. My customized MSN home page also gives
>me a word from the Merriam Websters everyday
>and also provides a link to the etymology and usage
>of the word at:
>
>http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl
>
>In the GlobalTamil mailing list,
>
>( http://www.egroups.com/list/globaltamil/ )
>
>Singai Palaniappan writes a daily column on Tamil
>words that comes very close to this experience. Frequently
>Dr. Jayabarathi provides his erudite comments on the column
>that is enriching. Still, I would like to see a more detailed
>column on just one word, tracing its etymology, usage,
>evolution, quotations from literature of different periods,
>along the lines of what the Merriam Websters editors have
>done. It is even possible to invite some Tamil scholars
>to write guest columns in webzines such as ArAmthiNai
>(http://www.aaraamthinai.com/).
>
>I am sure that along with veNba mEdai, collAttam, thamilzh
>arivOm, and their Tamil crossword puzzle, this will make
>an excellent addition to ArAm thiNai.
>
>Mani M. Manivannan
>Newark, CA, USA.
>
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