Well, my (undergraduate) degree at UCLA was in Linguistics. I had a
couple classes with Mr. Ladefoged. This was the early 1980s.
Mr. Ladefoged was a very nice fellow, indeed. Very tall and very
British. He always had interesting tales about his research in Africa
and India. He had a number of parties at his house in the Hollywood
Hills in those days. I exchanged recipes with his wife Jenny...
Years later when I worked in speech recognition, I was able to visit
"Old Fogey" at UCLA and consult with him. He was always very helpful.
I would call him a friend. I will miss him very much.
John
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Robin Melnick
<robin_melnick_at_y...> wrote:
>
> As previously noted, I'm fairly out of touch with the Olive crowd so
I have to ask ... Are any of you academically or professionally
involved in linguistics at this point? Of course this always was the
kind of crowd to be interested in the subject, in general, but I'm
curious if anyone is particularly focused on it these days?
>
> After ~20 years in computer networking, I'm now working on a
master's in linguistics because ... well ... because I want to,
dammit. Still undecided whether I'll pursue the Ph.D. I actually
just finished reading Ladefoged's "A Course in Phonetics." My advisor
considered herself a personal friend of his and is quite saddened at
his passing.
>
> Robin
>
>
> Georgie Hinklemyer <samoolives_at_y...> wrote: --- In
OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "barkofdelight"
> <barkofdelight_at_y...> wrote:
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http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ladefoged28jan28,0,7896753.story
> >
> >
> > Bark!
> >
>
> What a fascinating fellow!
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