Re: TODO draft for round-2 "Wordlist"

[Munzir Taha Obeid <munzirtaha at myrealbox dot com>]

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On Thursday 14 August 2003 12:45 am, Nadim Shaikli wrote:
> --- Ahmad Al-rasheedan <asr at baldi dot cc> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 13 August 2003 23:41, Nadim Shaikli wrote:
> > > We need to be extra careful about removing legal words, currently in
> > > the "bad_words" file there are the following legal words that should be
> > > put back (in alphabetical order),
> > >
> > >  Macrosimulation
> > >  Macrosocioeconomic
> > >  Macing
> > >  Make-amends-for
> > >  Malconduct
> > >  March-in
> > >  March-off
> > >  March-through
> > >  Marchings-through
> > >  Marketwise
> > >  Martials
> > >  Matchers
> >
> > I took 4 words at random from the above and checked against onelook
> > and didn't get any return.
And this exactly the way I add words to bad_words. I think I have mentioned 
this before. If it's not in a dictionary, it's not an English word _yet_. 
Afterall, we are not the people who should add English terms and teach 
English people their language - at least not in the linux Arabization 
project.

> > Nadim, I guess if onelook failed to retrieve a def. for a word then it is
> > kina safe to deem it bad. No?
I strongly agree with you.


> The above words can be translated without a dictionary even. 
Mashallah ;)

> Most are even listed as legal words in most spell checkers (aspell/ispell).
> A case in point "Marketwise" - well that is someone that is shrewd in
> his business and/or in dealing with people, etc.  Not sure what to tell
In short don't trust them ;) I tried marketwise in aspell and it suggsted 
market wise. I tried dinarwise and it suggested dinar-wise. Then it said 
dinar-wise is wrong!! and suggested others!! You got it!

> ya about how to proceed, but those words listed above a legal - most
> users would deem it as such.
These same most users would argue that shopwise is correct. It's not because 
penny-wise and penny wise is correct that pennywise is correct. It's not 
because dollarwise is correct eurowise or dinarwise is correct. I think it's 
better to close this door.

Sorry, Nadim, if I seem cruel in my words but I learned from you to be strict 
and accurate and not to let our projects fall in scope creeping.

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