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> Esperanto seems to try to have only mal- opposites, but doesn't > always. right and left are dekstra and maldekstra, but east and west are > oriente and okcidente Ones like that left/right pair are what I don't like. They imply that right is the better of the two. Our society sees it that way to some degree (and AFAIK middle eastern societries even more), but that doesn't mean it should be a feature of a language that is trying to be (at leat somewhat) neutral. -- Alexander Browne | alexbrowne@hidden.email Saint Paul, Minn., U.S.