WerdMerge
Languages and libraries
portmanteau generator
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
3 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Design: 0 for, 5 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and entertaining word combinations
From 3 comments
Fun - it really brings out my juvenile side: We denydealized a few crapplicants for bonership.
klochner on HNhaha disobeethoven and laundromatrimony! so the stars favorite things / make them show up at bottom?
kilovoltaire on HNSlightly disappointed that entering "hardcore" didn't bring up favourites like "bardcore" or "wizardcore". Still, pretty great!
thristian on HN
Good domain name idea
From 1 comment
This is a great idea. I like the name, too.
albedoa on HN
Objections
Merge button does nothing with two words; unclear input
From 2 comments
I was extremely confused at first because I put in two words in the input box, and clicking 'merge' would do nothing. When I see 'merge', I expect that it will somehow merge the…
acabal on HNmy confusion i think stems from the fact that it looks like the results (with the star above) on the bottom happen when i was hitting the merge button (with two words in the…
meatsock on HN
Unclear how input affects output
From 2 comments
this is cool but i'm not sure i get how the input affects the output? the results don't seem related.
meatsock on HNyeah some of my (techy) friends didn't get that you should just type in a single word. simple solution to this would be gray text in the empty field: "type a word" or something…
kilovoltaire on HN
Star and exclamation point buttons are unexplained
From 2 comments
You might consider adding a popup or a footer note that describes what the stars with exclamation points do. My guess is that they either report a profane word or bookmark a word…
Nycto on HNWhat exactly does clicking on the star do? Is there any way to get it to show how the merged word would be spelled?
Sniffnoy on HN
Requests
Clearer button label or input hint
From 2 comments
You should change the button from "merge" to....something else. "Go" "See results" heck, even "submit" would be better.
yarone on HNyeah some of my (techy) friends didn't get that you should just type in a single word. simple solution to this would be gray text in the empty field: "type a word" or something…
kilovoltaire on HN
Respect emphasis/stress in syllable matching
From 1 comment
If you're getting your phonemes from an IPA dictionary, couldn't you check for emphasis too? Seems like you'd want to match words that begin and end in weak syllables, e.g.…
mnemonicsloth on HN
Show how merged word is spelled
From 1 comment
What exactly does clicking on the star do? Is there any way to get it to show how the merged word would be spelled?
Sniffnoy on HN
Questions
Whether the name WerdMerge was already taken or spelled well
From 2 comments
Was 'wordmanteau' already taken?
slmbrhrt on HNExcept no one knows how to spell portmanteau or its derivatives.
ComputerGuru on HN
Alternatives named
Lexical blend research literature
From 1 comment
There's a small, recent scholarly literature on this in computational linguistics, referring to these as "lexical blends". This journal article is the most prominent publication,…
syllogism on HN
Moby Thesaurus Pronunciator
From 1 comment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_Thesaurus#Pronunciator ? I had a similar idea a while back, using this as a resource, but no time to do it :)
humblest_ever on HN