[Algonquiana] Roy Wright

[McCafferty, Michael L.]

Among the many other good things that Roy Wright did, he was the person who correctly derived the French spelling "Érié," as in Lake Erie, from /eríɁxe/ 'at the cherry tree(s)'.

 Michael McCafferty

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De : Algonquiana [algonquiana-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org] de la part de MONICA MACAULAY [mmacaula at wisc.edu]
Envoyé : 20 mai 2018 09:42
À : Algonquiana
Objet : [Algonquiana] Roy Wright

This was forwarded to me by David Costa, from Conor Quinn:

> I don’t know if some of you already know or not, but I just now found out through Facebook that Roy Wright passed peacefully on Friday afternoon, with friends and family with him.


- Monica
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