[jbovlaste] Re: jbovlaste entry suggestion page

[Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@nvg.org>]

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 08:05:42PM +0200, tijlan wrote:
> 2009/9/26 Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@nvg.org>:
> > 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