On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 02:59:30PM +0100, Newton, Philip wrote: > well-known-ness[*] > > [*] There has got to be a better word for this.
IIRC, it's konateco in Esperanto (koni => to know (person/thing), konata => present passive participle "being known" or well known, konateco => quality of being well known, aka "thing-ness"). Notoriety in English has a negative connotation. Fame has a positive connotation and also lies at the extreme, rather than the neutrality of well-known-ness. All the English words I can think of like this, e.g. renown, reputation, acclaim confer some value judgement. Oh well, perhaps Esperanto has the succinct expressive upperhand here :-) Paul
