LL-L "Resources" 2002.03.31 (03) [E/S]

[Lowlands-L]

======================================================================
 L O W L A N D S - L * 31.MAR.2002 (03) * ISSN 189-5582 * LCSN 96-4226
 Web Site: <http://www.geocities.com/sassisch/rhahn/lowlands/>
 Rules: <http://www.geocities.com/sassisch/rhahn/lowlands/rules.html>
 Posting Address: <lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org>
 Server Manual: <http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8c/userindex.html>
 Archive: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html>
=======================================================================
 A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian L=Limburgish
 LS=Low Saxon (Low German) S=Scots Sh=Shetlandic Z=Zeelandic (Zeeuws)
=======================================================================

Andy, Lowlanders,
Re your new English-Scots online dictionary
(http://www.scots-online.org/), I wholeheartedly agree with Sandy:

> From: Sandy Fleemin [sandy at scotstext.org]
> Subject: "Resources"
...
> A'v juist been tryin this oot an it really is awfu guid.
>
> A wonder if it wadna be a guid idea tae emphasize that it
> can be uized as a thesaurus as weel as a dictionar? Sayin
> it's juist a English-Scots translator is kin o sellin it
> short! "English to Scots Dictionary and Thesaurus" mibbie?

Your disclaimer at the site will alert people to the uses and
limitations.  Not that I intend to bother our Scots-speaking friends
with my "Scots" (a lot), but this dictionary/thesauraus *is* going to be
a great help in conjunction with the _Concise Scots Dictionary_, and,
indeed, it goes beyond mere dictionary use.

I tried it, and it worked really well, up to a certain point in time
when it slowed down and finally just sat there.  Too much traffic?

I think we need to seriously consider doing something like this for Low
Saxon (Low German) and other Lowlands languages.  Let's talk sometime.

Congratulations and thanks again, Andy!

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

==================================END===================================
 You have received this because your account has been subscribed upon
 request. To unsubscribe, please send the command "signoff lowlands-l"
 as message text from the same account to
 <listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org> or sign off at
 <http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html>.
=======================================================================
 * Please submit postings to <lowlands-l at listserv.linguistlist.org>.
 * Postings will be displayed unedited in digest form.
 * Please display only the relevant parts of quotes in your replies.
 * Commands for automated functions (including "signoff lowlands-l") are
   to be sent to <listserv at listserv.linguistlist.org> or at
   <http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-lowlands-l.html>.
 * Please use only Plain Text format, not Rich Text (HTML) or any other
   type of format, in your submissions
=======================================================================