the goal for this afternoon is to finish the "lake andes" chain of emails.
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- finalize the structure enough to assign permanent GUIDs to concepts / words. There is some blurriness on when words are the same 💡 to buy v. to purchase, or to begin v. to commence ... or, alternatively, the savoir v. connaître distinction. The rule-of-thumb for now will be to only include words if there are distinct translations in English, French, and Mandarin.
- re-generate (and have the API use) the "separated" form of the wordlists.
- modify Trakaido to check alternate forms (aka. "bicycle" v. "bike")
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the "cookbook" corpus is done.
the "highlight" was discovering A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband (with Bettina's Best Recipes) ⚙️ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42868 , a 1917 "novel" / cookbook. The "plot" is that Bettina (the new wife) cooks every day.
"MARY gave a waffle party today," announced Bettina at the dinner table.
"A waffle party in the afternoon?" said Bob. "That was queer! Usually at afternoon parties you women serve tiny little cups of tea and dainty olive sandwiches, almost too small to be visible; don't you? Waffles are more sensible, I think, but it seems a shame that we men had to miss such a party."
"Well, I'm afraid I'll have to acknowledge that we had a very good time without you," laughed Bettina, wickedly. "It has been cold today, you know, and Mary's kitchen was so warm and bright and cozy! We all went out there and took turns baking the waffles. We consumed a large number of them, and had a very jolly informal kind of time. We housekeepers compared notes and gave each other advice and really learned a great many things."
"Such as——"
"Well, Alice tells me that when she makes a devil's food cake she removes all of the melted chocolate from the pan by adding a little flour which mixes in thoroughly and saves any waste of chocolate. Surely that is worth knowing."
"It certainly is, though I'll admit that I don't quite understand your language."
"Well, cheer up, Bob! There are times when I confess that I don't quite understand the automobile explanations you so often give me of late!"
Their dinner that evening consisted of:
Pork Chops
Mashed Potatoes
Creamed Carrots
Bettina Salad
Orange Dessert
Coffee