Re: Designing a language database - issues?

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:38:36 +0100, Paul <paul_at_see.my.sig.com> wrote:

>As a hobby project, I want to write a dictionary (basically of
>Hungarian for English speakers - but I don't suppose that the
>languages themselves matter fundamentally. It will be a bit more
>complicated than just a simple word list - I want to put in grammar
>and usage also.

     Fundamentally? Maybe not. Practically? Quite likely. Consider an alphabetic language vs. one that is not (Chinese). And different alphabets. And left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom, and probably other variations.

>Has any work been done on this - design of tables &c? I did Google,
>but couldn't see anything satisfactory.

>Any references, tips, hints or help appreciated.

     Thanks for the chuckle, because I was immediately reminded of a famous Monty Python skit. The text is at

          http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/hungry.htm

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko Received on Thu Jun 30 2005 - 11:44:06 CDT