Re: bende - baseline change proposal request for comment

[Chris Handley <cbmvax!uunet!GANDALF.OTAGO.AC.NZ!cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!CHandley>]

Hi
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>This seemed quite satisfying until we tried to deal with a keyword.
>We don't change keywords lightly - that is a baseline change.  But
>'orchestra' becomes too limited and misleading a keyword for the
>expanded concept.  The original clue word used in the etymology was
>"band" but this is ruled out as a misleading keyword - there are
>too many meanings for 'band', some of which are covered by other
>gismu.  I suggested "team", but this has similar conflicts with
>"gunma", another kind of 'team'.  Gang has a pejorative and more
>limited sense to English speakers - I can't see people talking
>about going to see the music-gang play Beethoven.
>
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>Thus - summarizing the questions:
>
>1. Should "lidne" be changed to keyword "precede"?
>
I vote yes.

>2. Should "bende" be generalized beyond musical groups?
>
I vote yes.

>3. Should "bende" be rearranged to put the leader place in x1?
>
I vote no.

>4. What should the keyword be if only 2 is adopted?
>
I checked my thesaurus and came up with company, corps, outfit,
party, troop, troupe, assembly, bevy, body, bunch, covey, group,
detachment, detail, cluster. covey, crew.

Chris Handley                                     chandley@otago.ac.nz
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