Re: THEORY: [i:]=[ij]? (was Re: Pronouncing "Boreanesia")

dirk elzinga wrote:

> > In particular, the phoneme may be dead [...]
>
> Dirk (who, BTW, agrees with this sentiment)
Well, I judge that And agrees also, but if it's dead, it's as dead
as Newtonian mechnanics: that is to say, it still serves a good
many practical purposes other than introductory pedagogy.

Anyhow, weren't there something like four counterexamples?

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