Re: slightly OT ; related to computers and language....

2008-07-16 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 05:00:34PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> 
>   people,
> 
>   I'm going to start listing my "million-dollar-ideas" here or at
>   least on my virtual transfinite site.  tho i'm pretty sure others
>   have had ideas as i have.   all or mine have made it to online,
>   altho not all have survived!
> 
>   my latest involves a site that would suggeeste words that are on
>   the tip of one's tongue.   can anybody help me with "[] smile"
>   where the "[]" would be close-to-skeletal?i'm usually pretty
>   good with google, but how to find a word that is just beyond
>   one's reach.  not "emaciated" ...  [Hm!]


OOPS: before people get out their flame-throwers, i meant to ask
how much AI might be involved here--if any.  eg, user is
presented with a menu.  "II am trying to think of a word like"
_. _, _.

A spell-checker might ask if the user types in skelatal, not 
skeletal.  Winds up with N suggestion [with GCIDE definitions].


> 
> 
>   gary
> 
>   ps: for the brave [[or foolhardy]] , i have a couple other ideas
>   left.  not totally "politically correct" but funny. :-)
> 
> 
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Re: slightly OT ; related to computers and language....

2008-07-16 Thread YANSWBVCG
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 05:00:34PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> 
>   people,
> 
>   I'm going to start listing my "million-dollar-ideas" here or at
>   least on my virtual transfinite site.  tho i'm pretty sure others
>   have had ideas as i have.   all or mine have made it to online,
>   altho not all have survived!
> 
>   my latest involves a site that would suggeeste words that are on
>   the tip of one's tongue.   can anybody help me with "[] smile"
>   where the "[]" would be close-to-skeletal?i'm usually pretty
>   good with google, but how to find a word that is just beyond
>   one's reach.  not "emaciated" ...  [Hm!]

A good resource is http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm 
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