Obituary for Simon M. Tating; From Volume CLXVI, Number 1, of Speculative Grammarian, November 2012 — Prof. Simon M. Tating, 63, of Farborough, passed away 19th November 2012 attempting to learn the pronunciation of certain Bantu words involving various voiceless implosive phonemes. (Read by Trey Jones.)

Simon M. Tating

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Simon M. Tating

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