As a Swiss I join the undermentioned request of Maryanne

Thanks for understanding and cheers

Susi Jost
Institut fuer Ethnologie
Universitaet Bern / CH
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>Dear people,
>
>Because so much of the mail on this list seems to be from and between
>Americans, it seems to be assumed that everyone knows what the acronyms
>stand for.  It would help us non-Americans if the acronyms are spelt out,
>including on the subject headings, because then we are able to decide on the
>relevance or otherwise of the message.  Similarly, a lot of towns/cities
>etc. are referred to without giving their country (it seems they usually
>refer to American places, although sometimes the names also apply to places
>in other countries).  Again, we non-Americans do not necessarily know where
>these towns are, or even that they are in America.  All this will help us to
>make an effective contribution to this list.
>
>Cheers
>
>Maryanne McCubbin
>Head, Department of History
>Museum of Victoria (a case in point), AUSTRALIA
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