Re: A question regarding dictionary entries

On 8/2/07, Jörg Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...> wrote:
> Hallo!
>
> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:06:23 +0200, Henrik Theiling wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > Jörg Rhiemeier writes:
> > >...
> > > You should gloss it as 32, or better, 4*8, but *not* as 40 because
> > > it is a different number.
> >
> > Or use 040 as in C/C++/Java/Perl/...  At least programmers could read
> > it then.
>
> If they expect to find this convention in a dictionary.  Most people
> (including many programmers, who may be aware of this convention,
> but won't expect to find it in a conlang dictionary) will merely
> wonder what the leading zero means, and read it as "40".
>
> ... brought to you by the Weeping Elf
>
Which is another reason I think I'd prefer glossing the word as 4x8.
The longer definition can explain in more detail. And maybe even have
the number notation in Kelen script.
-S
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