Re: OT: International Linguistics Olympiad

>
> A local version, probably, as long as you went to high school in Russia?  I
> haven't actually searched for any details, but
> http://www.zompist.com/rants.html#19 is some evidence that this sort of
> thing was happening not later than 2001, before the international one started.
>
The Russians started doing Linguistics Olympiads in (I believe) the
60s.  1965 is the date that springs to mind.  It's been said that if
there's a famous Russian linguist of a certain age, you can go back to
the LO archives and figure out which year they won as a teenager!

I'm pretty heavily involved in the U.S. competition, if any
high-schoolers here want any details, practice problems from old LOs,
etc.  And top scorers represent the U.S. in the International
Linguistics Olympiad!

Pat