Editing Ro language (section)

== History ==
Rev. Edward Powell Foster worked on his "international language" for 25 years before compiling a dictionary which initially had 257 pages with more than 6,000 words. The local newspaper in [[Newark, Ohio]], published a mention of Foster visiting the city in 1929 to deliver copies of his "Ro" dictionary.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 15, 1929 |title=Minister Compiles "Ro" Dictionary |url=https://access.newspaperarchive.com/us/ohio/newark/newark-advocate/1929/06-15/page-10 |access-date=April 24, 2025 |work=Newark Advocate and American Tribune |pages=10 |via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref> In the January 23, 1929, issue of ''The Evening Star'' newspaper, in the "Answers to Questions" column, and R.S. submitted the question "Is there a Ro dictionary?" The column editor, Frederic J. Haskin responded, "A dictionary of about 12,000 words in the Ro language was published in 1928. The first publication concerning Ro was distributed in 1906."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haskin |first=Frederic J. |date=January 23, 1929 |title=Answers To Questions |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1929-01-23/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=1900&index=16&date2=1937&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=language+Ro&proxdistance=5&sort=date&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=%22ro+language%22&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |access-date=April 24, 2025 |work=The Evening Star |location=Washington, DC |pages=8 |via=Chronicling America}}</ref> The January 25, 1922, issue of ''The [[The Arizona Republic|Arizona Republican]]'' published an article entitle "Made-to-Order Language" which discussed "Ro" specifically; however, the article also states "We have received some literature relative to the 'Ro' language, from, we suppose its inventor, Rev. E. P. Foster, have spent some hours in vain trying to acquire head or tail of it... We do not think much of it. We believe too much in evolution to believe in made-to-order language... Still the men who are trying to bring us all into one language family are no wilder than the other idealists who are trying to bring us into one-nation family."<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 25, 1922 |title=Made-to-Order Language |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1922-01-25/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1900&index=13&date2=1937&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=language+Ro&proxdistance=5&sort=date&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=%22ro+language%22&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |access-date=April 24, 2025 |work=The Arizona Republican |location=Phoenix, Arizona |pages=4 |via=Chronicling America}}</ref>