Giles ,'Selfless'
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
Susan, let's see how many K of text we get out of the Buffistas, and then I might follow up with you.
One of the cool things about the ANC is that it's a balanced corpus, so that there's not too much of any one kind of text. It's not all novels, or all newspapers, or all spoiler threads ...
Thank you for the offer!
You're welcome--I thought of it because I was reading some messages DH had forwarded me months ago and thinking about the contrasts in how his group plays with language, etc.
I'm fully in support of this proposal, and intend to opt in.
I do have a question, though...
Erin, you mentioned that $PERSON NAME will be stripped, and not make its way into the lexicon. Is there any way to make some kind of a footnote about the usage of $PERSON NAME as a verb? We're not even close to the first set of people to do something like that, and even if specific words aren't common enough to be included in a dictionary, that specific form of usage seems to be getting more and more common, and worthy of some kind of note. So I just wonder.
Is there any way to make some kind of a footnote about the usage of $PERSON NAME as a verb?
Over and above the name-verbs actually remaining in the text? Etymology, you mean?
Etymology, you mean?
Yeah, because I got the impression from the proposal that words like nillying or mearaing were going to be stripped from the text.
I got the impression from the proposal that words like nillying or mearaing were going to be stripped from the text.
Nope: erinaceous "Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!" Jan 26, 2004 5:17:48 pm PST
Ah! Okay. I got all confuzzled somewhere.
We're not even close to the first set of people to do something like that, and even if specific words aren't common enough to be included in a dictionary, that specific form of usage seems to be getting more and more common, and worthy of some kind of note.
t Natter I worked with a man whose reputation for bullshit was such that for years after his departure we still called bullshitting "lastname"ing. Fortunately nillying or mearaing are more positive behaviors. t /Natter
You people do realise that 'Wrod' could make it into the dictionary.
Didn't think about that, did ya.
Wrod is mine! Mine mine mine!!!!