Hi Jeff and list ... can I just say as an Aussie on this list I'm not really too perturbed if the list goes off on a tangent like this - I just skim and delete. It's a fabulous list and is pretty much on-topic for most of the time anyway. I think on a list like this friendships are formed and when that happens sometimes casual discussions happen - and that's a good thing to have friendships formed. Jeff ... you do a fabulous job. Cheers from Downunder, Keryn. -----Original Message----- From: glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Coleman Sent: Monday, 20 June 2011 7:11 AM To: robert williams; List Subject: [GLA] Welsh Accents and other things from List Admin Dear list members Maybe recent conversations have got a bit out of hand. Please bear in mind that the membership of the list is quite broad and diverse, with some in USA, Australia and England with little or no knowledge of modern Wales or Welsh humour, simply researching ancestors who lived in Glamorgan several generations ago. Those of us who are local may appreciate things that mean nothing to those further away, or even seem offensive. So please can we wind down humorous discussions a bit? Genuine stories about sheep etc. illustrating the realities of life in the Glamorgan valleys will remain welcome. Detailed discussion of DNA testing and what it can and cannot show has also had a good run. I suggest that for the moment the only posts on that subject should be about informative non-commercial web pages. Welcome back Phil and Josephine, by the way. Both of you have a lot of valuable local knowledge, we know, and Josephine's web site is worth a look at. Mainly for the benefit of new list members, may I suggest that subject lines mentioning surnames being researched, and perhaps place names, will be helpful. All message to the list should be in 'Plain Text' which is available on all email systemas as far as I know. No pictures or coloured text or backgrounds, or animated pictures, can be sent to the list. The maximum size for any one message is 16kb. If you want to send a message to the list which includes information that you copy and paste in, please make sure that after pasting in you make sure that the email is reverted to Plain Text. Jeff list admin -- To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message