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   Athel Cornish-Bowden to Helmut Richter   
   Re: Jacques Guy   
   17 Dec 24 19:19:16   
   
   From: me@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2024-12-17 13:01:29 +0000, Helmut Richter said:   
      
   > I was searching through some really old postings in this group sci.lang,   
   > and I found the name of Jacques Guy (*1944-11-23), a French linguist   
   > living in Australia since 1968. His last contribution of which I am aware   
   > is from 2005. Does anybody know what has become of him? Is he still alive   
   > (would be at age 80)?   
      
   He is apparently still alive and still in Australia. He has a Wikipedia   
   article. There have been several edits in 2022–2023, but unfortunately   
   none of them add any biographical information.   
      
   I used to enjoy his posts and I was sorry when the flow dried up.   
      
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