Re: Typing the lexicon (was: [SHOEBOX] "Morphophonemic form gives cyclical pa...

Zhang wrote:
>> EEk!
>>      I must be crazy. I have been doing my work on Lingwa Frakas (my
pidgin
>>  ConLang) on 3 x 5 index cards!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>>      Z>
We make languages the old-fashioned way.  And the best computer is still the
human brain.........

Joe Mondello wrote:
>I don't know, I think there's a certain charm to keeping your language away
>from computers.  I didn't document a single word of rodnús on anything but
my
>notebook or the walls of my dorm for the first 3 months of its creation. I
>find the complete lack of organisation (e.g. having to skim my entire
>notebook for each and every word I wrote, usually 3 or 4 times a sentence)
>adds to the labyrinthian feel I try to get in my language (e.g. coining the
>same word 3 times, misreading my own handwriting).  after aboue three month
>point, this gets to be a bit much and a little digital intervention becomes
>necessary ,for myself at least.>
That is all true.  Kash took a quantum leap forward when I found Jeff
Henning's LANGMAKER program, which enabled me to generate several thousand
possible base forms from which to pick and choose, and that at least
prevents accidental homonyms.  Unfortunately, every new word has to be
entered in 3 places, the base list, the English-Kash list, and the
Anyakrangota (Kash dictionary).

BTW, does SIL mention why it's called _SHOEBOX_?