Words missing across the board: ‘semelparous’, ‘semelparity’, ‘iteroparous’, and ‘iteroparity’
de mkj1887, 4 de maig de 2017
Missatges: 6
Llengua: English
mkj1887 (Mostra el perfil) 4 de maig de 2017 1.47.35
No biggie, but just a missed opportunity for Esperanto lexicography to shine.
edit 6.May.2017:
“Por fariĝi “vera lingvo”, Esperanto devas esti uzata en ĉiuj fakoj.”
-- Gilbert R. Ledon
(parafrazo el p.7, de lia libro KONTRUU VIAN DOMON)
bartlett22183 (Mostra el perfil) 5 de maig de 2017 18.20.28
Sometimes I think we get bogged down in unnecessary technicalities, when the fundamental task is to get an international auxiliary language such as Esperanto more widely accepted and used in the first place. Get E-o accepted to begin with, and then worry about esotericisms that might apply to a fraction of a percent of potential users.
mkj1887 (Mostra el perfil) 6 de maig de 2017 0.44.08
bartlett22183:I am no expert and do not claim to be. I will cheerfully accept correction from those who know better. However, I myself suppose that highly technical words such as those you refer to -- I myself, as a university educated native speaker of English, have never encounter any of them! -- would probably be covered under Rule 15 of the basic principles of Esperanto. I presume that in many languages, such profoundly esoteric terms would be assimilated as localized forms from Greco-Latin roots, and that the same would apply therefore to Esperanto as internationalized forms. (And Rule 15 refers to preferably deriving terms from basic roots.)You take the high road. I'll take the low road.
Sometimes I think we get bogged down in unnecessary technicalities, when the fundamental task is to get an international auxiliary language such as Esperanto more widely accepted and used in the first place. Get E-o accepted to begin with, and then worry about esotericisms that might apply to a fraction of a percent of potential users.
Vestitor (Mostra el perfil) 6 de maig de 2017 1.14.44
mkj1887 (Mostra el perfil) 6 de maig de 2017 2.11.54
Vestitor:Well, with the 'low road' being that road taken by the fairies (Celtic mythology) it might be quite apt.And which road do the trolls take?
Vestitor (Mostra el perfil) 6 de maig de 2017 9.24.58
mkj1887:You tell me. What's the name for someone who posts spurious 'problems' and is rude and defensive to those (from that extremely small number) who do respond, but fail to say: "yes, you're absolutely right"?Vestitor:Well, with the 'low road' being that road taken by the fairies (Celtic mythology) it might be quite apt.And which road do the trolls take?
It's unnecessary.