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webster: definition of "Hun"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Krikorian)
Fri May 24 02:49:21 1991
Date: Fri, 24 May 91 02:48:42 -0400
From: David Krikorian <dkk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: bug-sipb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: dkk@mit.edu
What happens:
tisiphone% webster hun
Hun \'h*n\ n [LL Hunni, pl.] 1: a member of a nomadic Mongolian people
gaining control of a large part of central and eastern Europe under Atilla
about A.D. 0 often not cap 2a: a person who is wantonly destructive :
VANDAL 2b: GERMAN; esp : a German soldier - usu. used disparagingly
What's wrong:
According to my books, Attila is spelled with two t's and one l, and
ruled from 434 to 453 AD. Also, the "often not cap" doesn't belong
where it is. The source (in /mit/dictionary/host.d) makes me think
there are supposed to be parenthesis around "often not cap" but that
the server or client software isn't dealing properly.
What should have happened:
Hun \'h*n\ n [LL Hunni, pl.] often not cap 1: a member of a nomadic
Mongolian people gaining control of a large part of central and eastern
Europe under Attila about A.D. 440 2a: a person who is wantonly
destructive : VANDAL 2b: GERMAN; esp : a German soldier - usu. used
disparagingly
or, better yet:
Hun \'h*n\ n [LL Hunni, pl.] (often not cap) 1: a member of a nomadic
Mongolian people gaining control of a large part of central and eastern
Europe under Attila about A.D. 440 2a: a person who is wantonly
destructive : VANDAL 2b: GERMAN; esp : a German soldier - usu. used
disparagingly
Below are the context diffs from what the current host.d has, to what
I think they're supposed to be:
*** /mit/dictionary/host.d Wed May 24 07:17:34 1989
--- /tmp/host.d Fri May 24 02:43:00 1991
***************
*** 1210,1218 ****
F:Hun;;;;;n;;
P:'h*n
E:LL (XHunni)X, pl.
- D:1;;;n;a member of a nomadic Mongolian people gaining control of a large part o
- C:f central and eastern Europe under Atilla about (MA.D)M. 0
L:2;a;;(Xoften not cap)X
D:2;a;;n;a person who is wantonly destructive :: (MVANDAL)M
D:2;b;;n;(MGERMAN)M; (Xesp)X :: a German soldier -m usu. used disparagingl
C:y
--- 1210,1218 ----
F:Hun;;;;;n;;
P:'h*n
E:LL (XHunni)X, pl.
L:2;a;;(Xoften not cap)X
+ D:1;;;n;a member of a nomadic Mongolian people gaining control of a large part o
+ C:f central and eastern Europe under Attila about (MA.D)M. 440
D:2;a;;n;a person who is wantonly destructive :: (MVANDAL)M
D:2;b;;n;(MGERMAN)M; (Xesp)X :: a German soldier -m usu. used disparagingl
C:y
