On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 02:52:59PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > >>>>> "Magnus" == Magnus Danielson <cfmd@swipnet.se> writes: > > Magnus> From: Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@beer.com> Subject: Re: > Magnus> concensus on removing TeX and Emacs from standard Date: > Magnus> Fri, 31 Dec 1999 20:50:46 +0100 > > >> While we are cutting half of Std now, why do we have 3 english > >> dictionaries in Std ? (iamerican, ibritish and wenglish). > >> Couldnt they be merged somehow ? > > Magnus> American English differ too much from British English, > Magnus> there is not propper way of spelling things like > Magnus> meter/metre etc. > > In that case, why are there two packages for American english: > > iamerican and wenglish > > but only one package for non British English: > > ibritish > > ? > > This means, there is no British word list to use for the 'L'ookup > command within ispell (unless something has changed since slink). > > For instance, with ispell and ibritish installed (no other > dictionaries): > > - ispell lookup option doesn't work. > > - ispell accepts both authorize and authorise as correct spelling. I > thought authorize was American spelling... > Irritating isn't it? ibritish is nothing more than iamerican with some Real English words tacked on. Very annoying when someone like me (a Canadian) has to spell check a formal essay, and I can't even get an accurate spell checker. BTW, do you know of a good word list of Real and only Real English I can get? I still need that spell checker. -- Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists. "If you continue running Windows, your system may become unstable." -- Windows 95 BSOD Dwayne C. Litzenberger - dlitz@cheerful.com See the mail headers for GPG/advertising/homepage information.
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