User talk:Lettonica

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Again, welcome! Mglovesfun (talk) 13:39, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Altæder

Do you have any sources for this word altæder? I've seen it in use, but always considered it a mistake. The word does give about 600 hits on google in Danish. Most sources use the adjective altædende as a noun or "altædende dyr" for omnivore.

PS. Am I correct to assume that Lettonica is a sock puppet for User:Philaweb?--Leo Laursen – (talk · contribs) 16:10, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

You are correct about the sock, says so on the other projects user pages, just not this one, yet.

Unfortunately, I do not have any sources. The word is commonly used though as altædende, i.e. "jeg kan spise alt, jeg er altædende" when visiting someone or dining out. Altæder is simply derived from this form, a bit creative, I admit. Philaweb 20:39, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

It is a logical parallel to kødæder, and I think that the policy dictates that it just needs three valid citations to be included. The fact that I personally don't like it is irrelevant.

If you are using this account regularly, I'll nominate it as autopatroler.--Leo Laursen – (talk · contribs) 22:25, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

There are 236 Google hits on altæder - dof.dk, page 5 (Dansk Ornitologisk Forening), skandinaviskdyrepark.dk (Skandinavisk Dyrepark), naturhistoriskmuseum.dk, page 6 (Naturhistorisk Museum) etc. Perhaps you can teach me how to add citations to an entry? Philaweb 10:26, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

I've never made a citation myself, but have a look at Wiktionary:Citations. At present there is only one entry in Category:Danish citations, made by User:Bogorm. He is a nice guy, speaks excellent danish, and I'm sure that he won't mind answering questions.--Leo Laursen – (talk · contribs) 11:09, 13 May 2010 (UTC)