tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post8740291703442154258..comments2024-01-08T18:25:51.974+00:00Comments on Kraut's English phonetic blog: Gordon Frederick Arnold *22 Jan 1920Krauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11932831673529849848noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-29726952789769302822011-01-25T23:22:57.622+00:002011-01-25T23:22:57.622+00:00Gordon was one of my teachers in the early 70s and...Gordon was one of my teachers in the early 70s and a congenial, helpful and kind colleague later. Those were halcyon days in the dept. at UCL (or UC as it was generally called then). <br /><br />Gordon was one of the best nonsense word producers I have ever come across. 2.00pm on Monday afternoons was a time to tremble in your shoes as you sat amazed at his articulatory fireworks.John Maidmenthttp://blogjam.namenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-65346394775448042562011-01-24T19:22:12.318+00:002011-01-24T19:22:12.318+00:00@JWL: Thanks for these valuable additional remarks...@JWL: Thanks for these valuable additional remarks.Krauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932831673529849848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-58582163070731382352011-01-24T19:16:45.142+00:002011-01-24T19:16:45.142+00:00Gordon Arnold was a likable man. He didnt publish ...Gordon Arnold was a likable man. He didnt publish prolifically aside from in the books you mention. Over the years he did occasional thoughtful reviews and short articles for mf/JIPA including a genial one in 1971 of the BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names. His 1966 piece 'Concerning the theory of plosives' was so admired by W. E. Jones & John Laver that they reprinted it in their 1973 collection Phonetics in Linguistics. He was responsible for most of the drills for the intonation book wisely making sure that they all had mini contexts. He was highly valued at UCL for his administrative abilities and by the seventies agreed to devote himself chiefly to exercising them — of course to the loss of phonetic studies.JWLhttp://www.yek.me.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-44690396393184619662011-01-23T10:16:38.620+00:002011-01-23T10:16:38.620+00:00@Martin: How very negligent of me! The book was an...@Martin: How very negligent of me! The book was and still is very dear to me.Krauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932831673529849848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-71098684215280573712011-01-23T00:31:18.527+00:002011-01-23T00:31:18.527+00:00And surely not to forget the very influential '...And surely not to forget the very influential 'Intonational of Colloquial English' by J D O'Connor and G F Arnold, 1973 - I still have my well-thumbed copy from college days!Martin J Ballnoreply@blogger.com