Re: BBC does it again

Brian M. Scott wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:53:09 -0400, Harlan Messinger
<hmessinger.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:6b84d6F3a58pkU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in sci.lang:

[...]

It does seem (to me) reasonable to suggest that whatever
phonemic representation one chooses to use ought to
express the same thing as the phonemic model the same
person uses to describe a language. [...]

I don't agree,

Why? Why *would* one use a representation that doesn't correspond to the model? I can't see any advantage that would outweigh the confusion it causes.

but the question of what's reasonable or what
ought to be the universal practice is beside the point that
I was making, namely, that Peter's claim that redundant
marking won't be understood or taken seriously is obviously
factually incorrect.

Understood.
.

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