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>> >How many people can speak >> >a language they haven't used for 40-50 years? Well, guys, from what Ingvar S. has said about him in the INTERLNG list, Mr. Ahlstedt has all his wits about him despite his advanced age. He was very sharp when younger and he seems to be with it still, I only hope that if I live to be his age in this system of things I have a fraction of his awareness and experiences behind me... It is a pleasure to still have members of the older generation around who were there when Novial was fresh and new. And we still have other greats like Thomas Wood and Stan Mulaik, who are active online... I haven't heard of Rik Dalton's whereabouts lately, but if anything his devotion to Esperanto and his fight against anything else is worthy of mention if not admiration. I don't say here that I fully agreed with any of his defamations of Interlingua but that he did try like a work horse to do his best for Esperanto. And we have others, who have known the greats of the early XX Century in person. I just think that it is indeed a thrill to be able to learn from others so experienced in the Interlinguistic field and if not for this modern medium of emails and webpages this sometimes roaring brook of Interlinguistic activity on the late end of the Century would be a trickle or virtually dried up :-) (pun heh heh) Since, and thanks to those who've stuck with the Auxlangs for so long... Kudos! I admire your effort! Since, Jay B. [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] http://adam.cheshire.net/~jjbowks/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: James Chandler <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list AUXLANG <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 2:04 PM Subject: Re: Name that Language (fwd) >Bruce Gilson scripted (pri V Ahlstedt): > >> >Not sure he's kept it up. My understanding is that he converted to >> Interlingua >> >years ago, and thinks of Novial as a closed book. How many people can speak >> >a language they haven't used for 40-50 years? > >He managed a pretty decent letter to me not long ago (in his own version >of Novial, of course). > >James Chandler >[log in to unmask] >