[libreoffice-users] Re: "English" dictionary extension

On 2012-06-23 12:53 PM webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
> With all the "issues" about my version of a British word list dictionary, I decided to get 
> out of my sick bed and do something that would make the same people more angry at me.

I really appreciated your large word list for the Canadian English dictionary. I was not angry 
over a couple of mistakes, and you did correct them quickly.

However, the version you give a link to in this post makes it useless.

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> NOW - what I did. . . .
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> http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/add-on-dictionaries-large-list/kpp-english-dictionary-790k-word-list.oxt 
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> I took all three 638K word lists - American, British, and Canadian - and compared them.  As 
> far as I could tell, there were less than 100 words that were not in at least two out of the 
> three lists.  I could be wrong, but that is what I came up with.

You have combined all the spelling variants into one  dictionary. This makes it useless for 
spell checking. How do I know which of these are the correct spellings in Canadian English?
color/colour, favor/favour, defence/defense, defencible/defensible, dialog/dialogue, 
program/programme,
tuque/toque

Unless the  spell checker gives the normal spelling for my country it is useless.
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> AS for spellings that are not matching everyone's preferred spelling, that is easy . . . .

A spell checker needs to matched the normal spellings for the country it is being used in.

> Languages Evolve and even in the same country people can spell a word differently and still 
> be correct.

That is not the issue. The there are major differences in spelling between GB English and US 
English. Having both spellings show as correct in a spell checker makes it useless. In fact, it 
is no longer a spell checker.

> If you go to
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> http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/spanish-dictionaries
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> and look, you will find Spanish dictionaries for various regions. You want to argue with them 
> that they are not spelling their words correctly?

Irrelevant.

> No, the spellings of words evolve and can be used in each variation.  Do I tell people that 
> "colour" or "menue" are not the correct spellings of these words, since they are not the 
> spellings I use?

No. But the spell checker for the version of the English language I use should tell me. That is 
the purpose of a spell checker. Mine show "colour" as correct and "menue" as incorrect.

> They should be "color" and "menu" according to my email client, BUT both ways are spelled 
> correctly if you look at resource that does not say this is the preferred spelling so any 
> other correct spellings are not to be used anymore. 

A spell checker needs to show the preferred spelling for the version of English you are using.

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