Welcome to the group, KB.

There is a perfectly adequate English/Pali dictionary available
published by PTS, compiled by A.P.Buddhadatta, so I'm not sure what
your penpal hopes to achieve with a new one - unless I've
misunderstood your question.

Metta, John

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "essenceaz" <essenceaz@...> wrote:
> Hello, I'm new here, this is my first post...
>
> My longtime penpal is a young buddhist monk from Sri Lanka. He has an
> idea to create an english/pali dictionary to be published in book
> format for the masses. Do you think something like this would go over
> well? I want to give him as many suggestions as possible but it seems
> like the only interest in pali exists on the internet, especially in
> the US.
>
> Thanks,
> KB
>
> http://www.oceanwithin.com/buddhastickers.html