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Re: CHAT: Parallelism

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 15, 1999, 2:38
Ed Heil wrote:

> FWIW, I don't think I ever said "phonemes don't exist" or even "phones > don't exist." I think it was you who said that in reply to me (or was > it Tom Weir?).
No, it wasn't me. All I said was that phonemes are idealizations, and as such are just elements of theories, as you say. I didn't say they didn't exist, however. =========================================== Tom Wier <artabanos@...> AIM: Deuterotom ICQ: 4315704 <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." "Things just ain't the way they used to was." - a man on the subway ===========================================