Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to select extension dictionary for spellchecking

Hi :)
I think 500 years ago there wasn't even an agreed standard way of spelling any 
word.  Shakespeare wrote his own name with many different spellings during his 
life.  I did think that ise had been "THE English way" for a LOT longer tho! 
lol.  Languages have to evolve and adapt to changing requirements.  

Regards from
Tom :)




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From: webmaster for Kracked Press Productions <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Thu, 4 August, 2011 20:55:36
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to select extension dictionary for 
spellchecking


So you are saying that the British English use of -ise instead of -ize is a new 
thing that is just a new way of spelling words that have been around, a new 
localized [or is it localised] way?

I use American English which spells colour as color.  But this is the first time 
I have heard of the -ise/-ize issue.  Well they always say language involves.  
Take English in Britain about 500 years ago.  The same words, but different 
spellings.

So should I dump en_GB in favor en_GB-oed version?
Should I not include en_CA or en_GB[oed] in my dictionary list in the USA?
I know that one .oxt dictionary add-on that includes many different English 
files.
Should people not use that type?

en_GB-oed .dic file has 46,113 words in its word list.  The Wiki page shows 
"analyse" in en_GB-oed and "analyze" in en_US.  Well in the oed .dic file I 
cannot find "analyse".  Below is the word list where that word should be 
located, but it is not.
--------------------
ample/PT
amplification/M
anarchy/3Ww1SM
anastigmatic
Andaman/M
aneroid
Anglican/MS
--------------------

I found the word
    analyse in the en_GB .dic file dated 2010-02-15
    analyze in the en_CA .dic file dated 2010-02-15
    but neither spelling in the en_GB-eod version dated 2005-06-13.
So the "eod" version has not kept up with what the Wiki page link shows for 
Oxford English.

Of course, you could always edit a word list and keep only the spellings that 
Oxford English excepts.  As I understand, the complete Oxford dictionary 
contains 20 volumes/books to hold all the words and definitions.  I have a word 
list of over 200,000 words, but would you want to have a word processor spell 
checker dictionary with all those words, or only the ones you really want to 
use?  The more words in the list, the more chances that your misspelled words 
are correct spelling for a different unwanted word.  There is not good way 
around it, except edit your word list to remove the words that are not spelled 
correctly for your localized version of the language.


On 08/04/2011 10:18 AM, ron.vandenbranden wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your thoughts.
>
> On Thursday 4 August 2011 15:12:21, krackedpress [via Document
> Foundation Mail Archive] wrote:
> > Could someone tell me what it the difference between the standard en_GB
> > and the OED [Oxford English] version?
> Maybe I should clarify my problem: I regularly have to edit articles
> for publication in a journal that conforms to Oxford Spelling
> (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling>), which differs on some
> points from regular BE spelling, e.g.: only forms in -ize are allowed.
> In order to facilitate spell checking, I installed the OED extension
> from<http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/node/1890>. Though the
> extension is successfully installed (and listed by the Extension
> Manager), there's apparently no way to select this dictionary for
> spellchecking with the LibreOffice (3.4.2) interface, so I have
> resorted to manually overwriting an installed dictionary with the OED
> version.
>
> So, it's really a matter of being able to che
> ck the spelling with a
> specific English locale, rather than facing a flawed en_GB dictionary.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Ron
>
>
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