Re[2]: [Snowball-discuss] now on porter2 description

[Martin Porter]

>it seems to me there's yet another difference.
>
>"A word is called short if it consists of a short syllable." and
>"if the word is short, add e (so hop -> hope)" do not seem to be
>in sync with "''   (atmark p1  test shortv  <+ 'e')", which better
>transcribes with something like "if R1 is short syllable"..

Andrew,

No that one is okay. "test shortv" tests for a short syllable; "atmark p1
test shortv" tests for a short word.

Martin


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