Yintoni uthando? Sithethe noMerriam-Webster Lexicographer ukuyichaza

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Uthando ligama esilisebenzisayo nesiliqondayo sonke, kodwa ukuchaza umbono ontsonkothileyo kubonakala ngathi ngumsebenzi onzima. Kungenxa yoko le nto sinomdla kakhulu ku-Emily Brewster. Ungumchazi-magama onesichazi-magama uMerriam-Webster onikwe umsebenzi wokubhala ungeniso lothando kuhlelo olutsha lwe I-Merriam-Webster engafinyezwanga . Uthethile nathi ngomsebenzi wakhe.

Ngokucacileyo, uthando sele luchaziwe, kodwa ukudibanisa uhlelo olutsha olungafinyezwanga lwesichazi-magama, iqela laseMerriam-Webster liphonononga lonke ungeno olunye kwaye liwahlaziya njengoko kufuneka. Yawa kuBrewster ukuba asebenze kwinkcazo yegama elithi uthando. Sasingaqinisekanga ncam ukuba lo msebenzi ukwazile njani ukuza edesikeni yakhe, ke sambuza ngenkqubo abathi ababhali bezichazimagama babelwe ngayo amagama. Usixelele:

Ngokwesiqhelo sisebenza kwisichazi-magama ngokwe-alfabhethi, kwaye abahleli basayina iibhetshi-icandelo, yithi, ukusuka isilungiseleli seglasi -Kwaye emva koko dibanisa onke amangenelo akula bhetshi. Kukho iimeko, nangona kunjalo, apho kunengqiqo ukusebenza ngokungaqhelekanga. Umhleli unokunikezelwa ukuba ahlaziye onke amangeniso eenkwenkwezi, okanye imibala, umzekelo. Iprojekthi endisebenza kuyo ngoku kukuhlaziya I-Merriam-Webster engafinyezwanga amagama ahlala ehleli, imini, usuku ngaphandle, aqhelekileyo ajongwa kwiiwebhusayithi zethu. La ngamagama afana nala ngobuqhophololo , ezenzekelayo , isimo sengqondo , ifuthe kwaye isiphumo , kwaye, mhlawumbi ngandlela thile, uthando .

Ukuba kufuneka uchaze uthando, nazo zonke izivamvo ezisetyenziswa kuzo, kubonakala ngathi ngumsebenzi onzima, kodwa sicinga ukuba uBrewster uyilungele. Uthi awona magama acelomngeni ukuwachaza anokuba ngawona alula, ekhankanya ngokuthe ngqo ukuya, fumana, usete, kwaye unayo, kodwa wasixelela nokuba lelona xesha lonwabisayo kwikhondo lomsebenzi wakhe xa wayechaza inqaku elingapheliyo a.

Ndichonge intsingiselo yegama ekungekho sichazi-magama (endisaziyo) esakhe sahlala sodwa. Kungoku ngo [ Apha :] esetyenziswe njengegama lomsebenzi phambi kwesibizo esifanelekileyo ukwahlula imeko ye-Referent kwimeko yesiqhelo, yangaphambili, okanye imeko yokucinga, njengakwi UKUYA uloyiso uNks. Jones wabulisa abaxhasi bakhe. Ilizwi ukuya apho ukuxelela ukuba uNks. Jones wayengasoloko esoyisa; kubekho utshintsho. Kukho into enomvuzo omkhulu ngokubhala inkcazo enjalo.

Ngokuphathelele kwinkcazo yothando uqobo, nantsi indlela uBrewster athe wahamba ngayo:

Ndisandula ukuchitha ngaphezulu kwenyanga ndicinga ngayo, ndivuma ngokupheleleyo: uthando Intsokothe ​​intle. Kodwa kufanelekile ukuba ndicacise ukuba umsebenzi wam wokuhlaziya iinkcazo ze uthando yayingengombono * zothando; yayi malunga neendlela igama * uthando iyasetyenziswa. Bendingazami ukuphendula imibuzo efana nale Yintoni uthando? Ngaba iyahlala? Ngaba abantu banokuze bathandane ngokulinganayo? Leyo yimibuzo engcono esele kwiimbongi kunye nefilosofi.

Umsebenzi wam yayikukuphendula imibuzo efana nale Xa umntu esithi ndiyamthanda umama wam / ilizwe / ipayi okanye Batshatele uthando okanye Abantu bayayithanda le ngoma bathetha ntoni kanye kanye? Ukuphendula loo mibuzo ndenze into esihlala siyenza: ukuhlalutya ubungqina. Zonke iinkcazo zethu zisekwe kubungqina bamagama asetyenziswayo, ikakhulu ukusuka kupapasho, isicatshulwa esihleliweyo. Undoqo wobu bungqina yinto esiyiqokelelayo ngokubonakalayo kwinkqubo yethu yokumakisha nokumakisha: umsebenzi womhleli womhleli weMerriam-Webster kukufunda (nantoni na — amaphepha-ndaba, iimagazini, iibhlog, iincwadi, iimenyu, iihlaya) nokumakisha naziphi na izinto ezitsha ezisetyenziswayo okanye ezinomdla , ethi emva koko yongezwe kwindawo yogcino lwedatha yethu.

Ukuhlela i Ukungafinyezwanga amangeniso e- uthando (zombini isibizo nesenzi) ndivavanye yonke imizekelo uthando kwiifayile zethu eziphawulwe ngabahleli, emva koko bamisela ezigqityiwe ziinkcazo esele zikhona Webster Okwesithathu kwaye zeziphi kwezi zingagutyungelwanga zibonise iintsingiselo esekwe ngokwaneleyo ukuba zingeniswe. Ndabhala izivamvo ezintsha, ndahlaziya imvakalelo esele ikho, ndongeza nemizekelo emininzi.

Isiphumo sokugqibela (ngokokuya emsebenzini wam, nokuba kunjalo-uMlawuli wethu wokuChaza uya kuba nelizwi lokugqibela) zii-11 kunye ne-18 yenkxaso yesibizo kunye ne-7 yengqondo kunye ne-8 yenkxaso yesenzi, kubandakanya nezinye iintsingiselo (umzekelo, Isibizo sithetha intetho yokunyaniseka okanye ukunconywa, njengaxa abalandeli benika okanye bebonisa uthando kumdlali). Amangenelo amabini nawo anemizekelo eli-133 edityanisiweyo, uninzi lwazo zizicaphuni ezivela kwimithombo eyahluka kakhulu — ukusuka kuShakespeare (owalisebenzisa kakhulu igama) ukuya kuMolly Ivins kumrepha weFreeway.

Imizekelo eli-133 inokubonakala ngathi ininzi kungeno olunye, kodwa njengoko uBrewster watshoyo kuthi, entsha IWebster engafinyezwanga ngumzamo wedijithali ngokupheleleyo. Abanyanzelekanga kubalo lwephepha, oko kuthetha ukuba ababhali bezichazi-magama banenkululeko yokugqibelela ngakumbi kumangeniso abo kunangaphambili. UBrewster usinike eminye imizekelo embalwa yezibonelelo zokuya kwidijithali yonke:

Oku kuthetha ukuba imizekelo emininzi yezivakalisi, ulwazi oluthe kratya lokusetyenziswa, kunye neenkcazo ezingaxhomekeki kumaqhinga esichazi-magama okonga indawo njengokuchaza kunye okanye nokunxulumene [nesibizo-esinxulumene-nesichazi-ukhangele phezulu] .

Sifunde ngomsebenzi kaBrewster ukuchaza uthando ngeakhawunti yakhe ye-Twitter malunga nexesha apho I-Oxford English Dictionary yongeze igama elithi twerking. Wayenelungelo lokuchaza isibizo ifom twerk ye Isichazi-magama esivulekileyo sikaWebster , yeyinto umntu anokuyenza. Ngapha koko, kwafuneka ayeke umsebenzi wakhe kwezothando ukuze achaze twerk.

Yongeza i-twerk kwi Isichazi-magama esivulekileyo ayithethi ukuba izakusebenza ngendlela eya kuhlelo olusemthethweni lwesichazi-magama seWebster, kodwa linyathelo lokuqala elibhekisa kuloo nkqubo. Sibuze uBrewster ukuba ingaba uthando okanye i-twerk kunzima ukuchaza. Usixelele:

Ngokuqinisekileyo uthando . Iphantse ibe yinyani ukuba eli gama lilula kwaye liqhelekile kunzima ukulicacisa. Kuya kufuneka ndibukele iividiyo eziphambeneyo zeYouTube ukuze ndizichaze twerk nangona.

Uthando luyinkimbinkimbi. Ineentsingiselo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo, kwaye abantu bayisebenzisa ngeendlela ezininzi. Singazithanda izinto, omnye nomnye, kunye nemibono. Sinokubonisa uthando, sinike uthando, sifumane uthando, siphulukane nothando, kwaye silubethe phantsi uthando. Inkcazo yesichazi-magama ayinakukunceda ufumane uthando, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo inokukunceda uqonde zonke iindlela abantu abalisebenzisa ngazo igama elinentsingiselo enkulu kuninzi kangaka.

Sithanda ukubulela uEmily Brewster ngokuthatha ixesha lokuthetha nathi.

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