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Re: [katanda] some observations, suggestions, and questions



>
> 1)  Change "vesya" to "kesya" - day (a unit of temporal length)
> 

I would rather save "kesya" for something longer, such as 'year'.

>
> 2) Change "sentisya" to "mesya" - degree/kelvin (unit of temperature)
> 

I don't see what I gain by doing this.  Perhaps "sesya" (cf. Celsius)
would be better.  Does anyone else have an opinion?

(BTW, degrees Kelvin are NOT the same as degrees Centigrade.)

>
> 3) Add "fusya" - gram or kilogram (unit of weight/mass)
> 4) Add some obvious antonyms to the dictionary:  
>      bukensa - short (in time)
>      bukonsa - foolish
>      bumonsa - short (in length)
>      buswensa - quiet (in volume)
> ...
>

I'll get to them eventually.  Right now, my highest priority is the
software.  Vocabulary building is not as important to me.

>
> 2) What happened to the traffic on this list?
> 

With only about ten members, I'm not surprised at all.


Regards,

Rick Morneau
http://www.srv.net/~ram
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram