Here's something else that might be good: How to pronounce the sundial terms--gnomon (is it like, gnome in, or more nahm en?), azimuth, analemma (how IS this pronounced, anyway?)...etc.
Ryan Weh ----- Original Message ----- From: John Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 8:42 AM Subject: SEND QUESTIONS! > Attention Dialists! > > I'm feeling very frustrated. NASS put me in charge of accumulating from you > all frequently asked sundial questions. This is a very important project > since it will eventually be of great help to all beginning dialists, and > even to some of you old timers. > > I have received many e-mails from beginners supporting the FAQ project, yet > only ONE person, Bill Gottesman, has given me his list of questions! > > All of you are, or have been a beginning dialist. Just try to remember some > of the basic questions that you had when you first started out then jot them > down and send them to me. > > The British Sundial Society has expressed great interest in joining NASS in > the FAQ project as well as a similar project to publish a glossary of > sundial terms. It is my job to assemble FAQs from NASS members and you > people on the sundial list. Someone else will do the same for BSS. Once we > have a list questions and glossary terms we will probably form a binational > committee to provide simple easy-to-understand answers to the questions and > definitions of sundial terms. > > Next week I'll be sending letters by US mail to those NASS members who > aren't on the net asking them for their questions. You guys could really > help us out if you'd only send me a few good sundial questions. Any > question is ok to submit, even or especially some of the questions that have > appeared previously on the sundial list. > > PLEASE HELP! > > John Carmichael > 925 E. Foothills Dr. > Tucson Arizona 85718 > USA > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > tel: 520-696-1709 >
