From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sun Apr 13 23:18:47 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:18:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1JlI1f-0003Zb-2B for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:18:47 -0700 Received: from imo-d04.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.36]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1JlI1a-0003Yr-8k for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:18:46 -0700 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-d04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.3.) id d.ca1.2cd3c729 (30738) for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:18:30 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:18:29 EDT Subject: [lojban] etymology tome To: lojban-list@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_ca1.2cd3c729.35345135_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 for Windows XP sub 11501 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.7 X-Spam-Score-Int: 7 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 14353 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_ca1.2cd3c729.35345135_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/13/2008 04:22:13 AM Central Daylight Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > My wife helped me find and dig out the great Tome of Etymology from > where it was buried. I spent a few minutes comparing what you had with > what was in the book, and had no complaints about the dozen odd words I > looked up. > > Alas, a serious effort to use the book to solve your problems will take > much time. The hundreds of sheets are not ordered in any way and are > not indexed. There are 4 words to the typical page in no particular > order, and thus the pages couldn't be ordered if I wanted to. The only > way I will find the missing and problem words is pretty much to go > through a page at a time. > > I still have the Russian dictionary we used for the original work as well. > > I'll see if I can make an effort on it in the next week or two. > > lojbab > How much trouble would it be to photograph or scan all those pages and post them on a site or email them? Or mail the whole thing? How hard is it to read the handwriting? I'm offering to type the whole thing if it's deemed worthy of the effort. stevo --part1_ca1.2cd3c729.35345135_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 4/13/2008 04:22:13 AM Cen= tral Daylight Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


My wife helped me find and=20= dig out the great Tome of Etymology from=20
where it was buried.  I spent a few minutes comparing what you had=20= with=20
what was in the book, and had no complaints about the dozen odd words I=20
looked up.

Alas, a serious effort to use the book to solve your problems will take=20
 much time.  The hundreds of sheets are not ordered in any wa= y and are=20
not indexed.  There are 4 words to the typical page in no particula= r=20
order, and thus the pages couldn't be ordered if I wanted to.  The=20= only=20
way I will find the missing and problem words is pretty much to go=20
through a page at a time.

I still have the Russian dictionary we used for the original work as wel= l.

I'll see if I can make an effort on it in the next week or two.

lojbab


How much trouble would it be to photograph or scan all those pages and p= ost them on a site or email them?  Or mail the whole thing?  How h= ard is it to read the handwriting?
I'm offering to type the whole thing if it's deemed worthy of the effort= .

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