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Re: NPR interview

From:Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
Date:Sunday, August 5, 2001, 22:23
On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 11:45:14 -0700, J Matthew Pearson
<pearson@...> wrote:

>The interview portions were great! Sally/Sarah has a wonderful >radio voice and spoke very eloquently, making her the ideal >spokesperson for our little pastime. I also liked the references >to Descartes and Hildegard of Bingen (adds a touch of class), and >the interview with Greg Carlson (a well-known and well-respected >name in generative linguistics).
I listened to it this morning and afterwards wished that I'd kept a recording. Teonaht is such a beautiful language.
>In the best NPR tradition, the segment was well constructed and >surprisingly free of factual errors.
I was pleasantly surprised by that as well. I've always had the impression that NPR is reliable, but this is the first time I've been able to put their reputation to the test. -- languages of Azir------> ---<http://www.io.com/~hmiller/lang/index.html>--- hmiller (Herman Miller) "If all Printers were determin'd not to print any @io.com email password: thing till they were sure it would offend no body, \ "Subject: teamouse" / there would be very little printed." -Ben Franklin