Re: Moraic codas [was Re: 'Yemls Morphology]

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 03:32:55 +0100, And Rosta <a.rosta@...> wrote:

>John:
>> It's easy to concoct theories that explain Everything.  The trick is
>> not to explain too much.
>
>Is this a Gallic-style apophthegm that sounds profound but means
>nothing, or could it really be that there exists some sense in which
>what you say is true? Me, I'd like to have a theory that explains
>everything. I find it hard enough to build decent theories that
>explain *anything*; explaining everything seems infinitely too
>much to pray for.
>
>--And.
For a good explanation of what he's getting at, see http://www.zompist.com/
rants.html#26