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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?