[Lexicog] stereotypical beliefs and lexicography

[Chaz and Helga Mortensen]

Friends,

In regard to Wayne's comment below and to Margarita's experience with 
the journalist, I would have to agree. I went through the same 
questions in regard to sex organs and related vocabulary. I asked a N. 
Embera pastor if these should be included in a dictionary and he, 
without hesitating, said, "Yes, because we need to know all the words 
in our language."

-Chaz

On Feb 22, 2005, at 11:21 AM, Wayne Leman wrote:

> Where do we draw the line, Fritz? My own thinking on the matter is 
> that we do not draw the line. My preference for lexicography is to be 
> exhaustive, and I prefer that for dictionaries also. But I believe we 
> can mark rascist entries as being rascist, vulgar entries as vulgar, 
> xenophobic entries as xenophobic, etc. If a term or phrase is used in 
> a rascist manner by speakers of a language, that fact is part of its 
> lexical information and deserves to be in a dictionary.
>  
> Wayne
> -----
> Wayne Leman
> http://committed.to/fieldtesting
> Wayne and Thapelo,
>  
> Where do we draw the line? If we have a politically correct dictionary,
>  certain entries will be marked sexist, racist, or homophobic or not 
> even
> be mentioned. Of course, there are dictionaries of certain subcultures,
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