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#175816 - 04/12/08 11:52 PM Re: dictionary entries [Re: wofahulicodoc]
tsuwm tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 8584 Loc: this too shall pass	>I agree - part of the deception can be in trying to make a real definition look so homespun that it couldn't possibly be the real one, now could it... if you're saying the moderator can partake of deception, with the real definition (which is what this reeks of).. I totally disagree. the game is hard enough without that, and I don't think the hogmaster should be making special efforts to "win".
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#175817 - 04/13/08 08:12 AM Re: dictionary entries [Re: tsuwm]
Faldage Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 11424	A) I don't see how having a capitalization and punctuation style sheet could possibly serve any purpose given that we don't know what dictionary the real definiton is taken from. 2) I definitely agree that the real definition should be taken verbatim from the source.
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#175818 - 04/13/08 10:43 AM Re: dictionary entries [Re: tsuwm]
BranShea BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 1870 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Quote: c) a phrase with neither caps nor punctuation (M-W) Could be worth a try, just to see. My computer seems to wanna retire too. But maybe it's Windows urging me to go legal.The system hangs on its last thread. So maybe I will or not - see the entries. In whichever way as long as it takes.
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#175822 - 04/13/08 03:11 PM Re: dictionary entries [Re: BranShea]
Faldage Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 11424	Get GNU/Linux
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#175827 - 04/14/08 06:04 AM Re: dictionary entries [Re: Faldage]
BranShea BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 1870 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	If I were any way near being 'technical' I would , but my all savant nephew advises a new computer to replace the nine your old, with a legal vista system. Adapting again to some new ways.
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#175828 - 04/14/08 06:35 AM Re: dictionary entries [Re: BranShea]
Faldage Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 11424	I have a great link to a two minute tutorial on installing Vista. Vista install in 2 minutes!
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#175835 - 04/14/08 04:27 PM Re: dictionary entries [Re: Faldage]
BranShea BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 1870 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Thanks , will talk it over with the 'system manager'.
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#175839 - 04/14/08 08:12 PM Re: dictionary entries [Re: BranShea]
The Pook The Pook addict Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 471 Loc: Tasmania	Originally Posted By: BranShea Quote: c) a phrase with neither caps nor punctuation (M-W) Could be worth a try, just to see. My computer seems to wanna retire too. But maybe it's Windows urging me to go legal.The system hangs on its last thread. So maybe I will or not - see the entries. In whichever way as long as it takes. $\:D$ hee hee. You'd better hope Bill Gates is not monitoring this conversation. Big Brother is everywhere, remember!
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#175919 - 04/16/08 02:48 PM Re: dictionary entries [Re: tsuwm]
tsuwm tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 8584 Loc: this too shall pass	now that I've had a few days to stew about this, take pronunciation markings.. please. I can never remember which dictionary uses which convention (i.e., stress marked before or after syllable) and usually have to look up a word I know to figure it out for the particular instance, since I can't remember how to find the p. guide for each online dictionary. (this is why I decided to use CAPS for stress in my lexicon -- this seems intuitively obvious to me) -ron o.
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#175946 - 04/17/08 09:09 AM Re: dictionary entries [Re: tsuwm]
AnnaStrophic AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6380 Loc: lower upstate New York	Works for me.
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