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#33603 06/26/01 01:22 AM
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In the spirit of introspection:

One of the great things about the AWAD word list is the mind-boggling (Is this an incorrect or bad usage?) number of countries it goes to. Why then in comparison is AWADTALK so poorly represented?




#33604 06/26/01 01:35 AM
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most of those 400,000+ subscribers may have no idea it even exists; they probably have no inclination to visit the web site since they get the word via mail.


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I was wondering about this just the other day, Avy...and pondering what would happen if just ten or twenty thousand of those suddenly decided to jump on to the board!?

is this the correct usage?...mind-boggling?

See a recent thread on Q & A "Mind-bogglingly + the loss of the -ly adverb" for a conclusive post on this question.


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Actually I was thinking not so much about the numbers but the countries.
I am Indian. I have never travelled north of Kashmir. And through this board I have access to the English of the world. My writing, syntax and grammar have improved tremendously. And I would like to think I have contributed a bit from my country and culture. It would be nice to have more Japanese from Japan or South Asians from South Asia or Africans from Africa participating. Or isn't this an ideal world?



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I completely agree, Avy - this is the key feature that makes this board so special for me, sharing a kind of global conversation. So many varied experiences and perspectives and therefore different varieties of English makes this a unique experience.

But given the thought about 20,000 new members, though, maybe we should adopt a motto of "Ssshhhhhh - don't tell a soul..." to ensure we only get 100 or so from each continent of this ideal world


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The introduction page to AWADTalk says we have 2492 Registered members. I've been amazed at how that number is not growing (regardless of country of origin). Does Anu delete registrations after a long period of inactivity? (Here's the time to ask our favorite AWADTalk nemeses to do a test run and not post for a long period of time )


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most of those 400,000+ subscribers may have no idea it even exists

That and I would suspect a reluctance to jump into a forum conducted in a language they may feel uncomfortable in.


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I think you've hit the nail on the head, Faldage...
Also, I suspect most of those 400,000 must be people interested in words, but not necessarily mad about them


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Not only persons for whom English is a second language feel intimidated. I do not feel qualified to comment on most of the topics, and what is worse it is on too late for this insomniac. A lot of people in Pacific area would have it at a very inconvenient time, I should think.


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Let me offer another possible explanation - many of the countries represented in the listing may have reasonable email capabilities, but the bandwidth is likely prohibitively low to deal with the grandeur of all this. At least that was my experience in both Korea and China - internet access was a pathetic joke by comparison to how we're spoiled in the West. Another factor to consider!


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