WikiPOBia:Lexicon project
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Patrick O'Brian's writings, particularly the Aubrey-Maturin novels are a rich source of specialized vocabulary. The Lexicon project is an attempt to make sense of this for the reader who may not be an expert in sailing, medicine or talking foreign. The Lexicon will exist in a separate namespace (Lexicon:) on WikiPOBia, which will help avoid naming conflicts and allow readers to better focus searches for definitions. Note: The Lexicon namespace has not yet been created, so please don't add articles to WikiPOBia that begin with "Lexicon:" until this note is removed.
Several pieces of the project are well under way and have been built on resources already available on the web.
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A Guide for the Perplexed
Assembled by Anthony Gary Brown, with the help of numerous contibutors, A Guide for the Perplexed is an attempt to identify and translate all the foreign (non-english) words and phrases that appear in the Aubrey-Maturin novels, The Golden Ocean and The Unknown Shore.
The translations from A Guide for the Perplexed have been parsed into individual articles that will be added to the WikiPOBia Lexicon. These articles have been cross referenced as well as possible and include references to the novels where the entries appear, including page numbers, as provided in the Guide for the perplexed. They have also been extensively categorized to make it easier to focus on a particular book or language.
The articles will be uploaded in bulk to WikiPOBia as soon as possible. Technical difficulties of a geographical nature are currently delaying this process.
Maturin's Medicine
Kerry Webb's Maturin's Medicine provides definitions of all the known medical terms appearing in the Aubrey-Maturin novels. The definitions are, of course, current as of 1800.
The definitions from Maturin's Medicine have been parsed into individual articles that will be added to the WikiPOBia Lexicon. These articles have been cross referenced as well as possible and include references to the novels where the entries appear, including page numbers, as provided. They have also been extensively categorized to make it easier to focus on a particular book.
The articles will be uploaded in bulk to WikiPOBia as soon as possible. Technical difficulties of a geographical nature are currently delaying this process.
