🔥 when in doubt, dig deeper
The various reasons why "build an encyclopedia" are problematic have already been discussed. 💡 and, if anyone has questions, I will discuss it further then.
However, "build a dictionary" might be more sensible.
- sort by common words
- aggressively non-ideological 💡 which is an ideology; just not that of the radical-left or the radical-right
- sort by "register" (slang words, loan words, technical words)
- group by conjugation, etc.
- multiple "levels" of definitions 💡 a mechanical approach to word-lists might be necessary
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I don't have immediate answers for how are polysemous words handled.
- live as LIH VUH or LYE VUH
- a physical table v. metaphorical v. data-grid v. parliamentary
- the many meanings of a word like for
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the User Interface ... well, there are two. the query-result, and the read through. ⚔️ well, actually, I could print a dictionary. but would it be an improvement?