On 02/04/2008, James Robert Johnson modean52@comcast.net wrote:
Hey everyone,
I usually troll on here, reading, but not participating in discussions, but I wanted to ask something. Old English is a dead language, yet has a living Wikipedia. For this wiki, we essentially use Early West Saxon, but the original language never had a single standard spelling. What does everyone think about using a standardized spelling for this language, as used in the Clark Hall dictionary of Anglo Saxon? I welcome any comments.
on 4/2/08 12:05 PM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
I wouldn't dedicated too much effort to the Old English Wikipedia if I were you. Who's going to read it? You're just producing learning aids for people learning the language, you're not really creating an encyclopaedia.
So much for creativity and innovation, Thomas :-(. A person is usually advised not to attempt something because of possible negative effects and/or outcome. Is that the case here? I think not.
Sounds like a worthwhile project to me.
Marc Riddell