Re: (Case FC2450947) Stemming Special Cases

Hi Chris, Martin, and Olly,

Thanks for looking into this and for the various explanations!

Regards,

Sonny

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-----Original Message-----

From: "Olly Betts" <[email protected]>

Reply-To: "Olly Betts" <[email protected]>

Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 14:24:29 +0100

To: "Martin Porter" <[email protected]>

Cc: "Chris Hennick" <[email protected]>, "Fog Creek Customer Service" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>

Subject: Re: [Snowball-discuss] (Case FC2450947) Stemming Special Cases

>On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 09:54:18AM +0100, Martin Porter wrote:

>> One could extend the definition of shortv to include "st" preceded by

>> "a" and possibly preceded by consonants. Verbs affected are

>>

>> taste

>> paste

>> waste

>> haste

>>

>> and no others I think.

>

>There's also "baste", FWIW. Not sure if that changes your conclusion

>that an exception just for "paste" is better - "bast" isn't a verb, but

>is a non-archaic noun (meaning an Egyptian god or plant fibre).

>

>Cheers,

>Olly

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