XPost: sci.math, comp.theory   
   From: agisaak@gm.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-05 10:21, olcott wrote:   
   > On 12/5/2025 2:52 AM, Mikko wrote:   
      
   >> Nice to see that you don't disagree with my observation that "A square   
   >> is not a triangle" is seen to be true on the basis of the menanings of   
   >> the words but does not define anything   
   >   
   > In other words you are trying to get away with   
   > saying the dictionaries are entirely comprised   
   > of meaningless gibberish, and not even a single   
   > word is defined.   
      
   A dictionary is useless unless you're already fluent in the language in   
   which it is written.   
      
   If you think otherwise, go to your local library and check out a   
   (monolingual) dictionary of Hindi, Chinese, or any other language you're   
   not familiar with and see how successful you are at learning the   
   meanings of any words in that language just by reading a dictionary.   
      
   Monolingual dictionaries target people who already have a vocabulary in   
   the given language and who understand how at least some of the   
   vocabulary of that language relates to the empirical world. To someone   
   who does not they really would be just "meaningless gibberish".   
      
   André   
      
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