Leprof 7272
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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Ready Steady Yeti (talk) 14:59, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
Adding plurals
editI present to you WT:ACCEL. Good job at namefellow, by the way. I wonder though if it could be generalised to simply "A person with whom one shares a name"; mentioning surnames and given names feels a bit like Western naming convention bias. On the other hand, the word may have never been used in that general way. — Keφr 17:56, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
- Otherwise, good question about non-surnames, K, lets look about, and expand this definition if we can find any suggestion allowing it. However, in the novel you are writing about non-western experiences, just use it in this way—it is the beauty of language that we can lead as well as follow. Cheers, Le Prof, [2] Leprof 7272 (talk) 20:27, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
- Have you noticed that this is a link you can click on? This was in response to this request. Also, four tildes. And yes, ideally the definition should only be expanded if the word is actually used this way. That is, it would be nice to have more citations of usage to determine it. — Keφr 20:03, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
- This is what appears when I click on WT:ACCEL, [3], which begins with these words:
- "User:Conrad.Irwin/creation.js/documentation (Redirected from Wiktionary:ACCEL)"
- And so I do not understand what it means (coming form you, here). Perhaps paste in the info ration you wish me to see? Le Prof Leprof 7272 (talk) 20:31, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
- Read below. This is a script which automates creating plural entries (for some languages at least). First two sections explain how to enable and use it. — Keφr 21:40, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
- This is what appears when I click on WT:ACCEL, [3], which begins with these words:
- Have you noticed that this is a link you can click on? This was in response to this request. Also, four tildes. And yes, ideally the definition should only be expanded if the word is actually used this way. That is, it would be nice to have more citations of usage to determine it. — Keφr 20:03, 12 June 2014 (UTC)