<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Forwarded from the Sealang list:<div dir="ltr"><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Doug Cooper <doug.cooper.thailand@gmail.com><br><b>Date:</b> 16 August 2023 at 8:27:48 PM SGT<br><b>To:</b> sealang-l@listserv.linguistlist.org<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Sealang-l] Death of Gérard Diffloth</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">[forwarded from Michel Antelme]<div><br></div><div><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Dear All (sorry for this mass mailing), Chers tous (le français suit</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">après et désolé pour ce message collectif)</font></font><br><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">I was forwarded on the morning of August 14, 2023 this message from from</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">a young Cambodian student (who had great admiration and sympathy for</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Gérard), and it is with great sorrow too that I am informing you, for</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">those not yet aware, that :</font></font><br><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">"It is with immense sadness that I announce that our scholar, lok krou</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Gérard diffloth, left us this morning (7am Thailand time). I'll never</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">forget the kind words. I offer my condolences to his family and loved</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">ones."</font></font><br><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Gérard was a staggering specialist in Mon-Khmer languages and historical</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">phonetics. He had been living in Siemreap for many, many years, but his</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">wife, Som, had taken him to Surin just over a week ago, both as an</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">emergency hospitalization for his deteriorating health, and to renew his</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">expired Cambodian visa, for which he was obliged to leave Cambodia.</font></font><br><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">For those who knew him and won't be able to attend his funeral and meet</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">his partner Som (Samruan Wongjaroen), here's a fundraising money pot by</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">a pool of Gérard's colleagues and friends, if interested (this kitty</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">will be valid for two weeks). I certify that this link is no fraud.</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Please feel free to forward my email to people who know Gérard:</font></font><br><br><a href="https://www.leetchi.com/fr/c/depart-de-gerard-diffloth-9506816?utm_source=copylink&utm_medium=social_sharing" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">https://www.leetchi.com/fr/c/d</font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">epart-de-gerard-diffloth-95068</font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">16?utm_source=copylink&utm_</font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">medium=social_sharing</font></font></a><br><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Gérard Diffloth’s immediate surviving family are his daughter, Natalie</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Diffloth, his son, Antoine Diffloth, his older sister, Nicole Jondot,</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">his younger sister, Janine Free, and his wife Som. If you want to send</font></font><br><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">you condolences, you can do so to Nathalie Diffloth:</font></font><br><a href="mailto:ndiffloth@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">ndiffloth@gmail.com</font></font></a><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">, to Janine Free </font></font><a href="mailto:janinefree@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">janinefree@gmail.com</font></font></a><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> and to Som </font></font></div><div><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">who </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">is using Gérard's address (but doesn't use it frequently)</font></font></div><div><a href="mailto:gdiffloth@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">gdiffloth@gmail.com</font></font></a><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">.</font></font><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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