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Re: [engelang] Xorban lexical design considerations



On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Mike S. <maikxlx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Without hashing
> out all the details, I'd like to hold a straw poll:
>
> [Yes] I would like the lexicon to generally break down schematically into
> CC mnemonic clues (in other words, let's reorganize & overhaul the lexicon).
>
> [No] I would like the lexicon to be random/naturalistic like the current
> gismu stems are (in other words, let's just remove the homonyms and add new
> stems as needed, but otherwise import the gismu as they are and as we have
> been using them).
>
> I am looking for your initial reaction and thoughts here, nothing else.

Not necessarily random or naturalistic, but I wouldn't want for
example all the names of animals to share the same CC, or all the
names of colors to share the same CC, and so on. I think that ends up
being more confusing than helpful.

co ma'a xrxe