Re: Morpheme index project
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 25, 2002, 3:33 |
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On Sat, 24 Aug 2002 14:20:07 -0400, Javier BF <uaxuctum@...> wrote:
>>One thing that I've done when I have a
>>definition but haven't yet decided on a word for it in the language is to
>>use English words
>
>I don't like this option at all, because it would be
>completely misleading to name a morpheme of the IAL
>with an English word that simply has a similar meaning
No, what I meant is "English words in capital letters, or abbreviations in
capital letters". I only use abbreviations in cases where the English words
would be too cumbersome. In any case, they don't need to be English words.
The key is the use of capital letters to mark "temporary" words that are
intended to be replaced later with the real morphemes. And like the
mnemonics in the Lojban gismu list, they're not intended to represent the
exact meaning of the word, but simply to provide an aid to memory.
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