From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   I'm off for a small holiday, back in early January.   
   Here are the remaining Days from Crystal's _A Date with Language_:   
      
   Jane Austen born (16/12/1775)   
   Dorothy L.Sayers died (17/12/1957)   
   Arabic Language Day (18 December)   
   Emily Brontë died (19/12/1848)   
   Dot Your i's Day (20 December)   
   Crossword Puzzle Day (21 December)   
   Be A Lover Of Silence Day (22 December)   
   Charles-Michel de l'Épée died (23/12/1789)   
   William Makepeace Thackeray died (24/12/1863)   
   A'phabet Day (25 December)   
   Thomas Gray born (26/12/1716)   
   Charles Lamb died (27/12/1834)   
   Susan Sontag died (28/12/2004)   
   Don Marquis died (29/12/1937)   
   Rudyard Kipling born (30/12/1865)   
   A linguistic New Year's Eve (31 December)   
   ...the last including "Happy New Year!" in 50 (mostly European) languages.   
      
   So Happy A'phabet Day and "Vitin e ri!"   
   to all at sci.lang.   
   Ross   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)