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Round 2 of M have begun and a view point.



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Now I've begun round 2 of M.

First, I want to thank Ahmed for the great work he has done.

Second, I tried to search onelook.com for the strange words. Some words 
couldn't be found there and in any other online dictionary I am aware of but 
can be found on google.com.

Examples:
Macrosocioeconomic at http://www.converge.org.nz/pirm/premploy.htm
Macrosimulation can be found at http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0003269
Madstone: at madstone.org may be a name of theatre or something similar.
macing: I found in Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Inflected Form(s): maced; 
mac*ing

My view point is to remove them but mention them in the ChangeLog. Yes, I know 
they might be valid but for me it's very difficult and tedious to coin my own 
translations for such specialized words which may or may not be correct. I 
think it's better to wait until it's accepted in dictionaries and then we can 
add them later. It's not enought just for one or two persons to use a word to 
be accepted as an English word.

In summary, if it's in a dictionary translate it, otherwise (e.g. in a web 
page or whatever) remove it.

I will commit now and wait for your comments.


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