{"id":190,"date":"2012-05-03T17:49:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T17:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyoteblog.posterous.com\/mama-jane"},"modified":"2017-07-14T18:29:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T01:29:00","slug":"mama-jane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2012\/05\/mama-jane\/","title":{"rendered":"mama jane."},"content":{"rendered":"

I get a lot of emails from people who are not native English speakers, or have not had a lot of education in terms of written English.<\/p>\n

That means I can’t immediately delete emails that are full of misspellings, ARE WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS, or that don’t make for easy reading – all of the criteria that most people use to screen out scammers and spammers. Instead, I have to read such emails carefully and make sure they aren’t really from a small NGO in a remote country. And even after reading such emails, I’m not always certain.<\/p>\n

Here’s an example of the kind of emails I get:<\/p>\n

hello
\nmama jane,
\nmy name is youssuph 18,living in somaliland aka northern somalia .
\niam highly interesred in your work n want to be like u in the future,but for now i want u to be our organisation advicer which we have accomoplish the legality of our organisation-we are waiting approval from the ministry
\ni ,could like to share your 2 decade experience ,
\ni LOVE your work mama jane.
\nit is sooooooooooo wonderful
\ni also could say WELCOME to somaliland .
\nmwaa jane craven<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m guessing this person is at least somewhat for real – he got my name mostly right. I have no idea what he really wants – which is often the case when I get these kinds of emails.<\/p>\n

But I write back, and see if I can’t direct the person to a local organization or online resource that could help them<\/a>. And very often, it turns out that it’s a real person, writing from a real NGO.<\/p>\n

I always appreciate it when the person doesn’t call me “Sir”. I much prefer mama jane<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And the world keeps getting smaller…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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