Al foro e-postal AUXLANG, Bob Petry ha inviate iste message
sequente in re le linguas auxiliari Occidental/Interlingue and
Interlingua del IALA. Esque alicuno ha information in re iste
affaires? Si on le ha, io inviara le information a AUXLANG.
(Un responsa interlinguese es acceptabile.)
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From: "Robert J. Petry" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 23:32:02 -0700
Subject: In need of some history facts, not fable.
Today, I have been going through the Cos. magazines in the vol of
1949-1953. Then through the 1954-61. There are issues after 1961
clear up into the mid 1980's, and later, evidentally. However, I
cannot find those magazines yet.
Anyway, I find something fairly confussing to me. In the
1949-1953 years, Interlingue/Occidental, seems to be having
trouble, based on the expected appearance of IALA's dictionary
and grammar. Then in 1951 they came out. During this time, the
magazines are "memeographed", and Occ has problems with their
editors, changes and accidents. etc. Remember, this is during the
major time of everyone expecting the great arrival of IALA's
result of its work.
Then, a very strange thing. In 1953 Cos. had an article "Li Fine
de IALA". IALA had "folded" after only flying since 1951! It came
on with a big show, and within two years almost immediately
fizzles. Mrs. Morris' death had a great deal to do with this.
But, in the 1954-1961 issues, not much is mentioned about IALA as
a potential competitor. And, two really heavy indepth articles
appeared critiqueing the grammar and dictionary, and not
favorably. But, this time the articles are not seemingly written
about a competitor, but something already gone. And, during this
time, 1949-1961 many of the "old" major Occidentalists died.
Although IALA/Interlingua seems to have struggled on somewhat in
the "science" area, nothing much can I find on it until 1967.
And, during this time 1954-1961 the quality of Occidental's
magazine goes back up, and expansion of Occidental seems to
resume without much problem. Then, it is said that in the mid
1980's the Occidentalists began leaving Occ/Interlingue for IALA
Interlingua. With the last Occidentalist leaving somewhere in
1995, or so.
So, what was the actual history of Interlingua from 1953 to 1967?
Then from 1967 to now? When did it go on the Internet? How many
Occidentalists are actually with Interlingua today, and how much
of the full Occidental story do they know? Anybody got real
answers and not fantasy and hype during this time frame for Ila's
history? What year did Ila actually begin growing again?
Al l sue,
Bob, x+
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