Re: [gentoo-user] unabridged english dictionary?
On 06/08/2015 09:55 PM, Stroller wrote: On Mon, 8 June 2015, at 2:25 pm, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: ... So I just ran across this word emeried and I can only find emory. I think emeried is obscure in both meaning and usage. My 1970's copy of the 24-volume Oxford English Dictionary says that emery as a verb is to rub with emery (e.g. emery paper, I guess). So I guess an example sentence would be before the panel can be repainted, it must be emeried until all traces of the paint have been removed. I agree this is obscure - I had to look it up, and my Mac's Dictionary.app doesn't contain it, either. Not really obscure. Emery paper is a standard type of sandpaper. Emeried would fall under the same as sanded - sandpaper, buffed - buffer, garrotted - garrotte, crapped - crap. But then again, I'm a Structural Engineer/programmer not a linguist and technically failed year 12 English :) Andrew
[gentoo-user] unabridged english dictionary?
OK, So I just ran across this word emeried and I can only find emory. I think emeried is obscure in both meaning and usage. Where do I find help? It may not be an actual word, or one of those rare middle english or french vesticals of a word? Also, while we are at it, my seamonkey marks words as mispelled, but there is not a spellchecker function to fix the mistakes, so what am I missing in seamonkey ( I run lxde, if that matters). If it's an addon I need, suggests as to the best (most complete) usa english would be welcome information. An unabridged english dictionary, even if from the right side of the pond, would be keen to integrate into seamonkey. Q? (if my memory is correct?) James
Re: [gentoo-user] unabridged english dictionary?
On Mon, 8 June 2015, at 2:25 pm, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: ... So I just ran across this word emeried and I can only find emory. I think emeried is obscure in both meaning and usage. My 1970's copy of the 24-volume Oxford English Dictionary says that emery as a verb is to rub with emery (e.g. emery paper, I guess). So I guess an example sentence would be before the panel can be repainted, it must be emeried until all traces of the paint have been removed. I agree this is obscure - I had to look it up, and my Mac's Dictionary.app doesn't contain it, either. Are you trying to fix the dictionary? I have often felt Unix /usr/share/dict contains many words so obscure (or obsolete) as to be useless, but it seems to me this not only needs to be addressed upstream, but it's also pretty much a fulltime job for someone. Stroller.
Re: [gentoo-user] unabridged english dictionary?
150608 James wrote: So I just ran across this word emeried and I can only find emory. Others have pointed out that it's a verb from 'emery', an abrasive. Where do I find help ? I always use http://dictionary.reference.com/ , which is also good for etymology, sometimes important for English meanings. In this case, it offered a long list of possible words, incl 'emeries', which is the 3rd singular of the verb above. The OED is the ultimate source for English words, incl eg US usages. It's not free to the general user, but you can usually find access or you can buy it in some CD/DVD form. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
Re: [gentoo-user] unabridged english dictionary?
James wrote:
Also, while we are at it, my seamonkey marks words as mispelled,
but there is not a spellchecker function to fix the mistakes,
so what am I missing in seamonkey ( I run lxde, if that matters).
If it's an addon I need, suggests as to the best (most complete)
usa english would be welcome information. An unabridged english
dictionary, even if from the right side of the pond, would be keen
to integrate into seamonkey.
To get spell checking working for my native language I had to install
the dictionary from seamonkey (Edit-Preferences-Appearence-Spelling,
then from the Language field choose 'Download more dictionaries...'). I
also have an English US/UK dictionary which I don't remember installing
so I suppose it's part of the default SM (non-bin) package. In composer
I switch between languages with CTRL-SHIFT-P. I also run LXDE.
I have the default Gentoo spell checkers installed for OpenOffice, I
don't know if that matters for SM (hunspell, myspell-en, myspell-it).
raffaele
# eix -I seamonkey
[I] www-client/seamonkey
Available versions: 2.32 (~)2.33 2.33.1-r1 {+chatzilla +crypt
custom-cflags custom-optimization dbus debug +gmp-autoupdate gstreamer
+ipc +jit minimal pulseaudio +roaming selinux startup-notification
system-cairo system-icu system-jpeg system-libvpx system-sqlite test
wifi LINGUAS=be ca cs de en_GB es_AR es_ES fi fr gl hu it ja lt nb_NO
nl pl pt_PT ru sk sv_SE tr uk zh_CN zh_TW}
Installed versions: 2.33.1-r1(06:46:34 AM 05/14/2015)(crypt dbus
gmp-autoupdate ipc startup-notification -chatzilla -custom-cflags
-custom-optimization -debug -gstreamer -minimal -pulseaudio -roaming
-selinux -system-cairo -system-icu -system-jpeg -system-libvpx
-system-sqlite -test -wifi LINGUAS=it -be -ca -cs -de -en_GB -es_AR
-es_ES -fi -fr -gl -hu -ja -lt -nb_NO -nl -pl -pt_PT -ru -sk -sv_SE -tr
-uk -zh_CN -zh_TW)
Homepage:http://www.seamonkey-project.org
Description: Seamonkey Web Browser
# eix -I spell
[I] app-dicts/myspell-en
Available versions: 20081002
Installed versions: 20081002(07:11:38 PM 05/26/2012)
Homepage:http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/
Description: English dictionaries for myspell/hunspell
[I] app-dicts/myspell-it
Available versions: 20081129-r1
Installed versions: 20081129-r1(08:12:04 AM 06/21/2012)
Homepage:http://sourceforge.net/projects/linguistico/
Description: Italian dictionaries for myspell/hunspell
[U] app-text/gtkspell
Available versions:
(2)2.0.16
(3)3.0.4(3/0)
{+introspection vala}
Installed versions: 2.0.16(2)(01:18:27 PM 12/14/2012)
Homepage:http://gtkspell.sourceforge.net/
Description: Spell checking widget for GTK
[I] app-text/hunspell
Available versions: 1.3.3 {ncurses nls readline static-libs
LINGUAS=af bg ca cs cy da de el en eo es et fo fr ga gl he hr hu ia id
is it km ku lt lv mk ms nb nl nn pl pt pt_BR ro ru sk sl sq sv sw tn uk zu}
Installed versions: 1.3.3(09:09:54 PM 08/04/2014)(ncurses nls
readline -static-libs LINGUAS=en it -af -bg -ca -cs -cy -da -de -el -eo
-es -et -fo -fr -ga -gl -he -hr -hu -ia -id -is -km -ku -lt -lv -mk -ms
-nb -nl -nn -pl -pt -pt_BR -ro -ru -sk -sl -sq -sv -sw -tn -uk -zu)
Homepage:http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/
Description: Hunspell spell checker - an improved
replacement for myspell in OOo
