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Bug#861025: "sangs" should not be in the English dictionary

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From Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
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Subject Bug#861025: "sangs" should not be in the English dictionary
Date Wed, 26 Apr 2017 12:10:01 +0200
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On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 03:05:31PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote:
> Control: retitle -1 sangs should be no lower than -80, probably -95, not -35
> Control: tag -1 pending
> 
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2017, Josh Triplett wrote:
> > The English dictionary includes the word "sangs". I can't find any
> > evidence suggesting that this is a word in English, based on several
> > different dictionaries. ("sang" is a word, but not one with a plural
> > like that.)
> 
> Apparently, sang is the common name for /Panax quinquefolius/, and its
> plural is sangs.

Interesting. I can find a little bit of evidence of that on Wikipedia,
but none in any dictionary I could source.

> However, that's so obscure that it while it's reasonable to be in
> -insane or possibly -huge, it definitely should not be in -35 where it
> is currently.

Seems fair.  Thanks!

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Bug#861025: "sangs" should not be in the English dictionary Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2017-04-23 22:30 +0200
  Bug#861025: "sangs" should not be in the English dictionary Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2017-04-25 00:10 +0200
    Bug#861025: "sangs" should not be in the English dictionary Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> - 2017-04-26 12:10 +0200

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