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Re: [lojban] Lojban Wiktionary closure proposal.





On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Escape Landsome <escaaape@gmail.com> wrote:
Besides, you would not take the time to define cinfykalte.

The word explains from itself.

The utility of a dictionary is not to explain obvious words

Then almost all dictionaries suffer from this 'lack of utility', since they all explain (or define) many obvious words. The problem is that a word that is obvious to one person may not be obvious to another. Part of the reason for defining even the simple words is to let the reader know that there are no surprises in the meaning, or what they are if they exist. 
I think we need a Lojban dictionary for all its words just as much as any other language needs a self-defining dictionary. 

stevo

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