Special Entry: R.I.P

The pioneer of modern Phonetics, Peter Ladefoged, died earlier this week. He was 80.

Ladefoged will be remembered not for his massive and incredibly insightful contributions to Linguistics (securing Phonetics' place as a hard science), but for his laughable manner and oddly Anglo-American sense of humor.

For more information, please visit his official site (linked at the right), or this Wikipedia article.

Rest in peace, Peter Ladefoged, and thanks.