Susan, At 04:50 PM 12/30/2004, you wrote: >>I think Abdu'l-Baha's knowledge of English may well have been adequate to >>understand people without an interpreter much of the time, at least by the >>time He left America. I suspect speaking English back to them may have been >>more of a problem. But when a translator got it wrong, He was often able to >>correct them<<
My friend, the late Ruhiyyih McComb (originally, Muset Montana Jones), who was named by `Abdul-Baha when she was 8 or 9 years old, said that `Abdu'l-Baha spoke with her in English several times. With regards, Mark A. Foster * 15 Sites: http://markfoster.net "Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger" -- Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
