Return-path: X-Spam-Personal-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Envelope-to: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Delivery-date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:25:36 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.66.169]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mrdov-0001nc-1Y; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:24:49 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list jbovlaste); Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:23:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MrdnT-0001nU-OX for jbovlaste-real@lojban.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:23:11 -0700 Received: from sabre-wulf.nvg.ntnu.no ([129.241.210.67]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MrdnM-0001mz-9B for jbovlaste@lojban.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:23:09 -0700 Received: from hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no (unknown [IPv6:2001:700:300:2000:2a0:c9ff:feab:76e2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sabre-wulf.nvg.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 852E194796 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:22:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no (8.13.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id n8QKMSPm018138 for ; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:22:30 +0200 Received: (from arj@localhost) by hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id n8QKMLHl018137 for jbovlaste@lojban.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:22:21 +0200 Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:22:21 +0200 From: Arnt Richard Johansen To: jbovlaste@lojban.org Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: jbovlaste entry suggestion page Message-ID: <20090926202221.GE2685@nvg.org> References: <4de8c3930909260915l7077b52fyf16089a1f387534c@mail.gmail.com> <20090926162808.GD2685@nvg.org> <4de8c3930909261105m63c97d2q5666b5696f73b01b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4de8c3930909261105m63c97d2q5666b5696f73b01b@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-NVG-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-NVG-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: arj@nvg.ntnu.no X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: arj@nvg.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: jbovlaste@lojban.org X-list: jbovlaste Content-Length: 1435 Lines: 27 On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 08:05:42PM +0200, tijlan wrote: > 2009/9/26 Arnt Richard Johansen : > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 06:15:22PM +0200, tijlan wrote: > >> I have been focusing on the General Service List > >> (http://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:General_Service_List) as > >> to what to put into jbovlaste, so that i can optimize my effort > >> towards most useful & frequent words (at least in English). [...] > > > > These lists are of course fine as rough guides to finding important words in existing literature, but using them as laundry lists for outright creating new words should be discouraged, because it runs counter to cultural neutrality. > > Filling up the missing entries found in reference to those lists does > not necessitate the creation of new words. For instance, the General > Service List has two words of the same sense "maintain possession of", > namely "hold" and "keep"; i didn't create any new Lojban word for > either of them, i just added them as gloss keywords to "ralte". That is an excellent idea. Keep up the good work! -- Arnt Richard Johansen http://arj.nvg.org/ Taboos abound in almost any aspect of Tuvan life. [...] To name an example: the introduction of the Latin alphabet in 1930 was also believed to impose a threat on the health of women expecting a child. -- Mark C. van Tongeren: Overtone Singing