From: Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@...>
Date: 2003-03-23T23:58:29+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby tutorial download

EHLO

* On 2003-03-21 19:59
* Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@math.umd.edu> wrote:
> "man kind" does not make sense. However, "mankind" is a fair word.

Maybe the problem is mainly a different definition of what a 'word'
is.

A nice example of the problem is 'Werkbank' (work bench) a word
present in Dutch and German with identical spelling (except for the
case). It is made up of the two monosyllabic parts 'Werk' and 'bank'.

In the Netherlands it can easily be seen as a composed word because
it reads 'the bench at which you work'. In Germany many people don't
see it as a composed word because in Germany 'Werk' has narrowed down
to 'plant' or 'artwork'. I still call it a composed word.

I am pretty sure that a parser for the German language will need to
see it the same way round as I do...

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt       http://jupp.tux.nu       jupp(AT)gmx(DOT)de
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