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And Rosta scripsit:
> I don't count you as an inventor; I'm sure you know even more about
> even more now fifteen-to-twenty years further on; and I don't think
> the Red Book of Woldemar is or appears in the list bit underinformed
> about language and linguistics.
Thank you; praise from Sir Hubert is praise indeed.
> Rather, the ignorance and naivety shows up in the design itself;
> it's a design from an ignoranter and naiver age, done by clever and
> ingenious people.
That is very generously put. JCB of course was very stubborn in his
persistence, whether of ignorance or of any other quality, and in the
end it's his design.
--
Don't be so humble. You're not that great. John Cowan
--Golda Meir cowan@hidden.email