Given the erratic nature of AWAD mail's arrival in my box, thi may be old hat to many, but I just had to post it anyway.
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5. Linguaphile(s) of the Month

Jacqulyn Fulner (iroquois02@home.com) for making AWADtalk, the bulletin board http://wordsmith.org/board , a better community by welcoming new members and spreading good cheer.
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Hear, hear!

You beat me to it by a button press, you cad!

And so say all of us, Jackie!

if Jackie graduates soon to archon or sumtin', on top of this, she's going to be aggravated as all get out.

Jackie, let us know your schedule when you start the talk show circuit

Oh my God, you-all! I...oh, heck, you-all are friends, so I'm going WAY out on a limb, and just copy my response to my Zildean friend, Capital Kiwi, who rec'd. the newsletter before I did and "kindly" sent me the notice. I think this pretty well sums up my feelings, which haven't changed an iota.

DAVID!!! You...you...don't mean it!!!!! Oh my GOD!!
He did THAT? ANU did THAT?!?!!!!!! Oh my God!!!
Oh, it must be in one I haven't gotten yet. Oh my God,
I am going to DIE! OH!!!!!! OH!!!!!! I don't know
whether to be more...more...HONORED--oh my GOD
ANU put that in there about ME??????????????--or
EMBARRASSED!!!! Oh David! OH DAVID!!! Oh, I am dying!!!!
oh, WHAT am I going to DO??? My face is on fire, and I
haven't even SEEN the newsletter! OH, I can't believe he
even THOUGHT about me--let alone did something like that!
Oh my God...Oh, my face cannot be still--I don't know whether
to laugh with delight, or cry tears of embarrassment. Oh my God,
I can't believe this!


And, oh , yes, um...thanks (she said with totla distraatcion_

Now, now, Lassie, calm yourself down.
It was just your due. And Anu, being the gentleman he is, was simply doing what any gentleman would do ... praising publically one who adds so much to our days here.

Adding the most, actually!®

Woohoo! Jackie!

And way to go, Mr Garg!

Just recognition where it's due, so calm down and let yourself bask in it.

Bingley

Jackie,
Please append my kudos to your bulletin board of glittering and heartfelt congratulations. As one of the beneficiary of such TLC that Anu is talking about, I say "it is about time!"

chronist

Bravo, Anu for giving our friend some well deserved credit. You've made the Board a great place Jackie. Thanks.

Hats off lads.

And bravo to Anu for recognizing it.

Such well deserved praise couldn't happen to a nicer person-- You do so much Jackie-- to help set the tone-- so this board has fun-- and forays into the gutter-- but it always maintains a civilized air-- and you're always the first to welcome newbies-- (and make us really feel welcome!)

such well deserved praise couldn't happen to a nicer person

And so sez all of us.

I do think, though, that Anu might review his policy of broadcasting email addresses in those epistles. However, be it noted that true to form Jackie gets propositioned from India whilst I just got begging letters! [justice]

Whoa! Propositions from India? Do dish!

Propositions from India? Do dish!

Well, mav exaggerated a little bit, perhaps. I got an
e-mail from a person who said he is a 30-year-old bachelor,
asking me to tell him about myself so that we can "weave the fabric of friendship".

I think I scared him off when I told that I am in fact,
old and fat, to say nothing of married.

As usual, I get the word very late, since I have to come to the office to use my computer and we had a holiday. What a great way to start the week after a holiday! No one but you, my dear, could merit being a Pooh-Bah and also a Linguaphile of the Month -- a combination of honor I do not expect to see surpassed any time soon, if ever. Congratulations and much love.

Although late, as usual, there is my double congratulation to Jackie for her election as linguaphile of the month and her graduation to Pooh-Bah.
If there weren’t persons like Jackie how come an English student as me would dare to participate in this forum?.
Spare a thought for the plebe in your meetings of the Pooh-Bahs guild.

Spare a thought for the plebe
Gracias, mi juanmaria coqueton, y ciertamente. J-c.

Woweeee! After a five day break from work, I am terribly late withthis one, and y'all have all said it all, if you know what I mean.
But it would be grossly impolite for Time Honoured Lancaster not to add its encomium to the towering struture of praise above. So:- - -

Dearest Jackie, my heartfelt congratulations on your richly deserved mention by He Who Rules the Word. He has summed up, in an admirably succinct fashion, what we all feel about you. May you continue to welcome newbies and to be the arbiter of civilized good taste - from the roof-top to the gutter - for many centuries to come.

and to make public what I have already communicated in private. In amongst what must be one of the most civilised and welcoming boards on the net, Jackie still sets an example to us all in her demeanour, tolerance, and gentle ribbing. May it long continue. And congratulations on the formal acknowledgement.
Rod

Oh man, you-all--you are making me blush all over again.
I thank you, but...to me, this is nothing worthy of all this praise. This is just normal, common courtesy. Period.

to me, this is nothing... just normal, common courtesy

Xackly. [bigheart]

Which is uncommon enough - and considered abnormal enough in some places - to be worthy of comment and praise - Unfortunately!

Hear! Hear!

It couldn't have happened to a sweeter gal.
My personal thanks for just being who you are and for everyone else knowing it too.

I keep seeing the word "actually" in here with a TM or R symbol. What's up with that?

Yeah, I'll drink to that!

G'donya, Jackie, you're an international living treasure.

lusy

...an international living treasure.
Darling lusy, are you suggesting that I belong in a
museum? Gee, I wonder if Anu has one he could
keep me in?

Darling lusy, are you suggesting that I belong in a
museum? Gee, I wonder if Anu has one he could
keep me in?

The Great Anu keeps you in his heart ... where better for the guiding light of this board?
Should you ever want to wander ... well, you already have a place in mine. I'm keeping a candle in the window.

fractured_snoot queries I keep seeing the word "actually" in here with a TM or R symbol. What's up with that?

actually®, as you might have guessed from the underwhelming response, nothing.

Dearest wow,

That is about the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me.
Thank you, Dear Heart...I love you!

Or, as AnnaS would say,"Harrumph®!" I'd say "Hi E!™" but it's not necessary at the moment.