OUTIL: OUT IN LINGUISTICS
   
about the list

   this mailing list is open to lesbian, gay, bisexual, dyke, queer,
   homosexual, etc. linguists and their friends. the only requirement is
   that you be willing to be out to everyone on the list as
   glb(-friendly); it's sort of like wearing a pink triangle.
   
   the list is for the use of anyone on it. you are welcome to send
   invitations, messages, queries, whatever, to anyone on the list.
   
   please use some judgment in deciding what to send to the whole list.
   personal abuse is obviously inappropriate. please do not post
   "personals ads" or advertisements for commercial products. try not to
   post material that has to do neither with linguistics nor with
   sexuality. if you are in doubt about the suitability of a posting,
   check first with the list-elf, zwicky@ling.ohio-state.edu.
   
how to subscribe

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   but you can also get directly to a human being by mailing to
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   the name can be pronounced in english, to rhyme with "shout'll", or in
   french, anglicized if you wish to something like "ooh, teal". yes,
   in the latter case it means `tool'.
   
   the organization, if such it can be said to be, is deeply anarchic;
   nobody is in charge of anything, and anyone is welcome to institute
   any sort of event. (arnold zwicky merely maintains the list.) the only
   official purposes of the group are to be visible and to gather
   occasionally to enjoy one another's company; but we are all welcome to
   engage in any activity we can rouse interest in.
   
   just because arnold zwicky doesn't do capitalization doesn't mean you
   shouldn't.
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lol@qrd.org, 2 Oct 95