Re: [libreoffice-users] testing out 2 new large word list English dictionaries.

I have been "offline", think near hospital stay illness, since just 
after I posted this list.  So I have gotten back to answering the 
replies.  Thanks for Tom to give the help/hint on installing the file to 
Windows.

The .zip issue was due to the Extension Center for LO and a Mime-type 
error with the file storage.  So my original one I had in the test 
version of the "center" was redone as an externally hosted file till 
that issue is resolved.  The links I used for the initial post came 
directly from a dictionary list on my domain, 
http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.4-installs/dictionary.html  not the 
LO Extension Center.

"fewer words"
I opened the word lists with each word on a separate line, like needed.  
Then I did a line count with a text editor.  I had to have a "proper" 
count for the words, for the system to use the file[s] correctly.  
Unlike some lists that use "controls" at the end of words helping with 
suffix word forms, the lists I use does not have them.  The suffix 
control version my take less space but would take more processing power 
to do the adding of the suffixes, plurals, possessive forms, etc., over 
that of a straight list that include all the word forms.  I used the 
counts from the package to give the actual number of spellings in the 
list[s] as my number of words.  The largest of the American lists is 
638,644 words and for British 638,285 words.  I could give you the word 
counts for all the lists I have, including the one for 217K words, but 
it is not needed, or is it?  Last time I did a dictionary spelling 
project at a college, the total number of words was over 177K.  It used 
the "suffix control" method to fit as many words in the "rom" memory 
chips as possible.  Actually that was when "IBM Compatible" desktop 
computers were in the 286 CPU stage.  Now there are over 600K word lists.

The issue of actual "fewer" words could be there are words that are not 
included based upon if that spelling is used in American English or 
British English.

I have seen some words that are spelled a way or two that I did not 
expect, but are proper according to the sources I have.

I did not create the lists from scratch.  They are from a source I trust.

The real thing I am looking for help with is what you, the users, would 
like to have for an English spelling dictionary.  I could test them out 
hours, days, weeks, months, etc., but it would be with my use and 
needs.  I want others to decide if it is useful for THEM.

I choose the 217K word list version as a starting ground.  I may, for my 
personal use, go back down to the 98K size word list version.  I would 
like to know what you think?

Would you prefer the 50K, 98K, 217K, or larger word list for an English 
spelling dictionary for LibreOffice.  If I could unlock the default one, 
I would for my testings.  As far as I remember, the included default 
English en_US or en_GB had about 50K words in its US and GB word lists.  
I could actually check if needed.

So please let me know what you think.  What size of word lists would you 
like?

I have been talking to Tom on and off about a larger word count 
dictionary for LO/OOo for some months.  I just decided it was time to 
get my feet wet again.

The "funny" thing I saw in an older word list, once, was one that did 
not have the word "dictionary" in it at all.

If I still could remember my basic C programming, I would write a 
program comparing the different word lists to see which words are not 
common, but after 3 strokes I have not programmed such a package in many 
years.  Actually a few months after the last stroke.




On 11/01/2011 03:27 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 10:40 01/11/2011 -0400, The nameless webmaster for Kracked Press 
> Productions wrote:
> > The spelling dictionary word list are over 217,000 words with the 
> > British one having about 280 less words.
>
> But does it include the word "fewer"?
>
> Brian Barker


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