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Re:Bad Character: If Chinese Were Phonetic by optimuspaul on Friday April 07, 2017 @04:23PM (#14063209)
That's a pretty arrogant statement. Can a science fiction writer not have knowledge of linguistics?
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Re:Bad Character: If Chinese Were Phonetic by truthexposer on Friday April 07, 2017 @05:55PM (#14063794)
no, but I doubt that if I ask him what X-bar theory is, that he'll have any clue what I'm talking about, and that he would even think I'm talking about a theory of generative syntax.
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Re:Bad Character: If Chinese Were Phonetic by optimuspaul on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @09:39AM (#14087592)
you make a lot of assumptions.
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