[extropy-chat] i-language again

[Jeff Davis]

Friends,

Please add to these the sports usage from volleyball
and football: 1. verb: to spike the ball and 2. noun:
the act of spiking the ball, as in "The hard-driven
spike passed above the outstretched hands of the
blockers and secured the winning point."

--- Spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Ja.  This I-language requires work on the part of
> linguists
> in every language to correlate to the master table,
> vaguely
> like the Java virtual machine.  Consider this scheme
> to deal
> with the multiple uses of the word spike.  We would
> use hyphens
> to denote which meaning, with the goal of making
> each word in
> the master list correspond to one word in the
> I-english.
> 
> For instance:
> 
> 
> > From: "David Lubkin" <extropy at unreasonable.com>
> > > >Overview for "spike"
> > > >
> > > >The noun "spike" has 9 senses in WordNet.
> > > >
> > > >1. spike -- (a transient variation in voltage
> or current)
> 
> = 1a. spike-voltage 1b.  spike-current 1c. 
> spike-transient
> 
> 
> > > >2. spike -- (sports equipment consisting of a
> sharp point 
> > on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes;
> 
> 2a.  spike-point  2b.  spike-athletic-shoe
> 
> 
> > > >3. ear, spike, capitulum -- (fruiting spike of
> a cereal 
> > plant especially corn)
> 
> 3.  spike-botanical-structure
> 
> > > >4. spike -- ((botany) an indeterminate
> inflorescence 
> > bearing sessile
> > > >flowers on an unbranched axis)
> 
> 4.  spike-batanical-structure
> 
> 
> > > >5. spike -- (a sharp rise followed by a sharp
> decline; 
> > "the seismograph
> > > >showed a sharp spike in response to the
> temblor")
> 
> 5.  spike-sudden-change
> 
> 
> > > >6. spike -- (a sharp-pointed projection along
> the top of a 
> > fence or wall)
> 
> 6.  spike-decorative-structure
> 
> > > >7. spike -- (a long sharp-pointed implement
> (wood or metal))
> 
> 7. spike-point
> 
> > > >8. spike -- (any holding device consisting of a
> long sharp-pointed
> > object)
> 
> 8.  spike-pointed-shaft
> 
> 
> > > >9. spike -- (a long metal nail)
> 
> 9.  spike-nail
> 
> My own:  spike -- sudden acceleration of history
> towards AI
> 
> spike-Broderick
> 
> spike --  jones
> 
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