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Peter Ladefoged Quotes

1925–2006 England

Peter Ladefoged (17 September 1925 – 24 January 2006) was a British linguist and a phonetician.

England
Academics
Linguists

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I wanted to find out why Shelley could write better-sounding poetry than I.

Los Angeles Times (1970)

My immediate answer was, 'I don't have a singing butler and three maids who sing, but I will tell you what I can as an assistant professor.'

Los Angeles Times (2004)

The International Phonetic Association is like the Episcopal church. One can hold almost any theoretical position as long as one gets the symbols right.

It was really [David] Whitteridge who taught me to be a scientist.

[It's] not our decision to make. It's up to the people themselves.

National Public Radio (1999)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Peter Ladefoged (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.