User talk:Geebee100
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Geebee100 in topic Comments on edits
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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 07:12, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
Comments on edits
[edit]Hi, thanks for your edits. I have to say that they show you know your stuff, but I have a few comments:
- Definition lines should be in English, though of course you can also use Translingual terms and mention terms in other languages.
- Only English entries (and perhaps Translingual) get translation tables.
- With respect to Afrikaans IPA transcriptions, we prefer to stay close to Afrikaans phonology.
←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 07:12, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help! I'm still learning :-) If you have a moment (and are interested), could you perhaps look what I did under fok? We are engaging in a project on swearwords where we want to add entries on Wiktionary. Before giving instructions to my co-workers, I would like to be sure that I'm not making a mess. Your help would be appreciated! :-) Yours, Geebee100 (talk) 09:08, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
- The entry looks very good, I only have remarks/questions about a few details. The gloss for the interjection is a bit too long. The gloss sex deed seems a bit leaden to my non-native ears, I'd expect a phrasing like "sex act". Is fokken a word in Afrikaans? It looks Dutch to me. Should fokker be a derived term of the noun?
←₰-→Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk) 14:40, 10 October 2021 (UTC)- Thank you so much for your advice. I have implemented your suggested changes. Geebee100 (talk) 05:54, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
- The entry looks very good, I only have remarks/questions about a few details. The gloss for the interjection is a bit too long. The gloss sex deed seems a bit leaden to my non-native ears, I'd expect a phrasing like "sex act". Is fokken a word in Afrikaans? It looks Dutch to me. Should fokker be a derived term of the noun?
- Thanks for your help! I'm still learning :-) If you have a moment (and are interested), could you perhaps look what I did under fok? We are engaging in a project on swearwords where we want to add entries on Wiktionary. Before giving instructions to my co-workers, I would like to be sure that I'm not making a mess. Your help would be appreciated! :-) Yours, Geebee100 (talk) 09:08, 9 October 2021 (UTC)