On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 15:30 -0800, Walter Wojcik wrote: > I didn't send any attachment to you. I was just saying i didn't think > there was an easy way to do what you wnted short doing it yourself or > gtting someone else to do it for you. >
What I guess I need is some more knowledge on how the thesaruses are put together. I mean I see they are plain text with vertical bars. What I do not know is if I remove things along with say the following vertical bar will this cause any damage. I assume that editing the index is similar. Is there is anything special that must be known before editing? > I might look into it later if you wanted to send me a list of 'bad' > words and a copy of the thesaurus you wanted to start with ( assuming > we're working in english, other wise you wll have to try someone > else. ) > > "G. Roderick Singleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 17:31 -0800, Walter Wojcik wrote: > > G, what you are asking for is not really possible. Different > people > > from different groups, persuasions, and even geographical > regions ech > > have thier own 'dialect' of apropriate nd inapropriate > words. If you > > want a custom thesaurus you will have to make/modify it you! > rself the > > hard way. If i sent you one without the f-word (english) and > it > > syn.s what if you want words like 'faggot' (aka a budle of > sticks ) or > > nigger ( a wrong word 99% of the time ) or the d-words or > s-words or > > b-words, ect. > > > > Plain and simple: if you want (or need) a thesaurus that > meets your > > guidlines then you will have to search through the full > version > > (word-for-word ) and remove EVERY word that you feel os > profain. > > > > Good Luck! > > Thanks Walter. The list stripped the attachment. Could you > please send > it to me off-list? That way I can send it on. > > Perhaps the project could host your set as a downloadable > option. I > would be pleased to point users to these in the user guide or > even host > them on the doc project. Whichever. > > Keep in mind, that I am looking to have a set suitable for > children. For > myself, I prefer the regular set as it more inclusive and > useful for > writing. > > > > > > P.S. - I hope every one who reads this is not offended whith > anyof the > > words refferenced here. I used them with a strictly acedemic > intent. > > > > "G. Roderick Singleton" wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 22:41 +0200, Jancs wrote: > > > Citēju "G. Roderick Singleton" : > > > > > > > Any chance a bowlderized or cleaned up thesaurus > existing > > now. I ask > > > > because a school teacher has encountered a problem with > > the thesaurus > > > > that is distributed where the f-word in its many forms > is > > offered as a > > > > synonym. > > > > > > > > Failing that how to clean up easily? > > > > > > I think the existance of all f-words, p-words (for > Latvian) > > ! in dictionaries is > > > the matter of attitude - exaggerated sensitivity to things > > person does not > > > like. For example, in Latvia you will not find any > > electronic dictionary which > > > would not contain basic slang (no matter commercial of > > free). > > > > > > I am n! ot pro-slangist, but think that it is not possible > > to hide away form such > > > things - and what about some regular words having the > other > > -slangish- meaning > > > - let's make them disappear alltogether? > > > > > > If you are going to intruduce some censorship, then you > must > > be ready to produce > > > dictionaries which will satisfy catholics, judaists, > > mormons, sexual minorities, > > > democrats, republicans etc. etc. > > ! > *** > > > > True enough but that is not what I asked. I asked whether or > > not there > > were existing thesaures that had offensive words removed. I > > also asked > > if there were none, was there a script, method or procedure > > that a user > > (in this case, read dumb user) could use to clean up for use > > by > > children. If not, can someone offer guidance that could do > > this task. > > > > Thanks for your input. > > -- > > PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. > > OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ! > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > "Knowledge is power, Those who have it must share with those > who > > don't" > > > > -Walter Wojcik > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Yahoo! 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