Topic: [40d9] language_SYM.txt: misplaced and missing words (Read 576 times)

Khym Chanur · « **on:** May 13, 2009, 04:53:13 am »

A two part bug. First, there are some words in language_SYM.txt that seem to be in the wrong symbol groups. Might just be a matter of taste, or a misunderstanding on my part, but here's the list:

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[SYMBOL:FLOWERY]
    [S_WORD:CYCLOPEAN]
      While "cyclopean" is archaic, it doesn't strike me as flowery.
[SYMBOL:MAGIC]
    [S_WORD:SQUASH]
      How is squashing/squashed magical?
[SYMBOL:UGLY]
    [S_WORD:JUICE]
      Juice isn't ugly, unless it's "bug juice" from a squashed bug.
    [S_WORD:LUST]
      Lust is negative, but not ugly.
[SYMBOL:DEATH]
    [S_WORD:PLOT]
        A plot within a graveyard?
[SYMBOL:NEGATIVE]
    [S_WORD:BEETLE]
      Area all insects supposed to be negative?
    [S_WORD:FAT]
      Back in the 1400s and earlier, being fat wasn't considered negative,
      but wath rather a sign of prosperity.
    [S_WORD:SLIM]
      On the otherhand, I don't think that being slim was considered bad
      back then, and "gaunt" is already negative.
    [S_WORD:FORK]
      Forks are bad?
    [S_WORD:SALT]
      And salt too?
    [S_WORD:PITCH]
      The black, tar like substance?  What's wrong with it?
[SYMBOL:OLD]
    [S_WORD:CYCLOPEAN]
      I don't think that "cyclopean" has any connotations of "old", and
      there's nothing in the online dictionary giving any connection.
      The only connection I can think of is that in Lovecraftian fiction
      anything described as "cyclopean" is also probably anciently old.

Second is a list of 309 words which appear in language_words.txt but not in language_SYM.txt:

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Bricks · « **Reply #1 on:** May 13, 2009, 12:18:34 pm »

Good catch on the Lovecraftian overuse of cyclopean. That really drove me crazy; his descriptive style is generally too good for him to become repetitive. Ah well. Talk about horrors in the deep.

Sowelu · « **Reply #2 on:** May 13, 2009, 09:10:12 pm »

I'm very "meh" about most of those reclassifications. The words within a given classification tend to go pretty well together as is, and things like "salt" make sense when you see them in sentences and names. Same with 'juice', it goes very well with the icky things that like that sphere, and when you see 'lust' in place names you understand why it belongs with the goblins. Plus I think 'pitch' is more 'very black'.

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