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Re: CHAT: Essentialist Explanation

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Friday, September 20, 2002, 18:26
 --- "H. S. Teoh" wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 10:28:52AM -0700, Clint Jackson Baker wrote: > > X-SAMPA is essentially a way of writing anything and > > making it look like you're swearing. > [snip] > > X-SAMPA is essentially how you make an innocuous language like Ebisedian > look hopelessly incomprehensible. :-P
I would go even further: X-SAMPA is essentially a tool to make even the simplest thing look difficult. Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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