tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 19 07:32:24 1993
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Administrator on Vacation
- From: [email protected] (Mark E. Shoulson)
- Subject: Administrator on Vacation
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1993 10:32:09 -0500
- In-Reply-To: Captain Krankor's message of Fri, 19 Nov 93 02:40:42 -0700 <[email protected]>
>From: Captain Krankor <[email protected]>
>Date: Fri, 19 Nov 93 02:40:42 -0700
>>I apologize for the English (again), but this is a rather important
>>question. I was recently chatting with ~mark, and discovered, to my
>>*astonishment*, that he was/is NOT a grammarian on this list. This leads
>>me to ask the question:
>>
>>Who ARE the grammarians?????
>The rules about grammarians were worded in the plural to cover the
>eventuality that there might someday be multiple grammarians. So far
>there really hasn't seemed to be the need, so I remain the sole
>grammarian.
>However, it has been clear in my mind for some time that, should we decide
>to add another one, mark would be it (if he so desired). He is extremely
>knowledgable and I basically always agree with what he posts. As such, I
>seldom need to comment on his comments and often just let his corrections
>stand. So, in essence, he has been kind of functioning as an unofficial
>grammarian. Indeed, I have been thinking of him as such. To this point
>my only reluctance towards making him officially one has been the as-of-yet
>unresolved issues of logistics: who corrects what, what happens when
>grammarians disagree, etc.
I.... I don't really know what to say. I guess I also considered myself a
pseudo-grammarian, mostly because of an inflated ego and a talkative nature
that makes it hard to shut up (problems I sometimes have).
>Because of this, and because, even once I return, it will take me some
>time to get caught up on the list again, and because of everything I said
>above: I am appointing ~mark temporary grammarian, with a fairly high
>probability that this will become perminent if all goes well. Because
>this is a temporary measure, I'm dumping it on him without seeking his
>consent. {{:-) Rest assured, mark, that your consent *will* be required
>to make it perminent.
choquvqu'moHbej, HoDwI'. batlh patlh laDwI'pu' ghItlhwI'pu' je vItoy' 'e'
vItul.
> --Captain Krankor, List Grammarian
~mark