According to David Adams: > The original synonyms file contains many common spelling mistakes (e.g. > "accomodate"), and many common abbreviations (e.g. "feb" for "February"). > In my synonyms file I have tried to avoid both, and only to include > spellings which are correct either in the USA or the UK. > > My synonyms file is an alternative, and I think should be most useful in the > searching of English-language, non-USA sites. I am fairly confident that it > contains no duplication. > > I am, of course, happy to receive corrections and additions. I agree that I > should have had "battleax" not "battle-ax" (this is the only punctuation). > Is "tonite" regarded as a corrrect, alternative spelling in the USA, I don't > have a Webster's to check it? > > As for combining the two synonym files, that is up to you, but I took the > decision to exclude spellings that are incorrect both side of the Atlantic.
I would tend to agree with you, but I suspect that a lot of users would find that correcting for common misspellings is a very useful thing to get the synonyms algorithm to do. Still, we could make yours the default, and the old one available as an alternative. Any other opinions? The spelling "tonite" is certainly in common usage, but according to a search on www.dictionary.com, there's only one correct usage of the word: tonite \Ton"ite\, n. [Cf.L. tonare to thunder.] An explosive compound; a preparation of gun cotton. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, � 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. Not quite a synonym of tonight, is it? :-) I guess the common usage is best handled as any other common misspellings. -- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)789-3766 Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax: (204)789-3930 _______________________________________________ htdig-general mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a subject of unsubscribe FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html
