[Magdalen] Karl Haas (was Tom Magliozzi, RIP)

[James Handsfield]

Karl Haas was delightful in person.  Many years ago (obviously) my father was volunteering at the KPBS fund drive in San Diego.  He was invited to pick Karl up at the airport and bring him to the studio at San Diego State University.  They hit it off and remained close friends until my father’s death in 1993.  

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Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.

Jim Handsfield
jhandsfield at att.net

> On Nov 3, 2014, at 5:31 PM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:
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> Yes, I enjoyed him,but I found him a bit pedantic. My friends were more critical. They did not appreciate his correct pronunciation especially the Rachmanyinov pronunciation of the composer's name. I advised her (not him) that Russian had a much larger alphabet than English with a special letter for that very consonant (as does Spanish and Tagalog--only it is an n with a diacritical mark--the tilde but the Mexicans always state that there is an extra letter in their alphabet.