[WikiEN-l] "ilk" (Was: We need a way to deal with AOL vandals THIS year)

[Ray Saintonge]

Anthere wrote:

>--- Toby Bartels <toby+wikipedia at math.ucr.edu> wrote:
>
>>LittleDan wrote:
>>
>>>I (and equally my parents) was unaware that 'ilk'
>>>carried any negative connotations. I thought ilk
>>>
>>just
>>
>>>meant 'other people like you and possibly group
>>>
>>with
>>
>>>you for whatever discussed similarity.
>>>
>>The meaning is probably in flux.
>>Remember that some dictionaries don't carry this
>>meaning at all,
>>and none of the ones that I saw marked it as
>>negative.
>>(Although apparently Anthère's translation
>>dictionary did.)
>>
>
>Harraps New Shorter is usually the best reference for
>english-french translation dictionary
> 
>
>>We should probably save these discussion for future
>>work at Wiktionary.
>>
>
>Definitly. The word should be included. I would do it
>myself right now if Wiktionary was not in Unicode :-(
>
Message received :-) .  I'll put it on my "to do" list.

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