11.1668, Qs: Looking for Sources

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Subject: 11.1668, Qs: Looking for Sources

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Date:  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 14:01:19 +1200
From:  Laurie Bauer <laurie.bauer at vuw.ac.nz>
Subject:  Looking for Sources

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Date:  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 14:01:19 +1200
From:  Laurie Bauer <laurie.bauer at vuw.ac.nz>
Subject:  Looking for Sources

Can anyone help with two questions on sources?

1.  Who was it who wrote the novel in French recently which avoided
the letter <e>? What was the novel called?  I know it was translated
into English, what is the English title?

2.  I have a vague recollection of having seen somewhere a comment
from one of those  polyglots of the 18th or 19th century who, when
asked how many languages he actually spoke, responded 'kaum meine
eigene' ('Scarcely my own').  Who was the polyglot, and can anyone
provide a reference for this information?

Thanks for the help.

Laurie Bauer

Professor of Linguistics and
Programme Director for Linguistics
School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
Victoria University of Wellington
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