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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hello Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In a recent email exchange with our dearest Raffi, he
happened to mention that in Russian, Harrison Owen, is </span></font><font
size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span lang=RU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR"'>Xarrison
Ouen</span></font><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial CYR"'>. Now, considering how often Harrison gets
referred to as ho around here…well it got me thinking…that in
Russian, it would make for the initials, XO, which are about the most fabulous set
of initials anybody could have…<grin> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial CYR"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial CYR"'>A kiss and a hug to you all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial CYR"'>Wendy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial CYR"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial CYR"'>PS: (for those not in on the short form…around
here, when you sign a card and put a row of x’s and o’s, you are
sending kisses (x’s) and hugs (o’s))<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial CYR"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Arial CYR"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial CYR"'>PPS: the conversation was about the possibility
of creating a learning resource so that those who will be travelling to <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> next year can
learn to read Cyrillic and instantly gain an understanding of such Russian
inscrutibilia as Xarrison Ouen and open speis…</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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