Hi Tim, I would surely try and produce a dictionary of my own. Thanks for the zip files :)
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 7:07 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions < [email protected]> wrote: > > Actually, the dictionary list did not have en_GB there when we started, > since the OOo dictionary list did not have one. I found it only a few weeks > ago and added it to the NA dictionary list. > > I just checked. OOo's list still does not have en_GB, but they have: > ---------------- > 1] Engligh Chemistry Dictionary > 2] English English dictionaries with fixed dash > handling and new ligature and phonetic suggestion support > 3] English (Australian) English Australian Dictionary > 4] English (Canadian) Canadian English Spell Checking, Hyphenation > and Thesaurus > 5] English (New Zealand) English New Zealand Dictionary > 6] English (South African) South African English spell checking > dictionary > 7] English (US) US English Spell Checking Dictionary > > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > -------------------------- > > NA has: > --------- > > 1 ] English (Australian) English Australian Dictionary > 2 ] Australian-medical-dict---en-** > au-med____2008-07-01 > 3 ] English (Canadian) Canadian English Spell Checking, > Hyphenation and Thesaurus > 4*] English (Great Britain) English-British en-GB-oed 2005-06-13 > 5 ] English (New Zealand) English New Zealand Dictionary > 6 ] English (South African) South African English spell checking > dictionary > 7 ] English (US) US English Spell Checking Dictionary > 8*] US English with a .dic file dated > April 19 2011 > 9*] English-US-Medical-** > openmedspel____April-22-2008 > Chemistry > Dictionary over 105,000 words > > 10] Multi localized version Australian, Canadian, Great Britain, New > Zealand, US > English dictionaries with fixed dash handling and new ligature and > phonetic suggestion support -- 2010-02-15 thru 2010-03-09 > contains words from the following dictionaries, etc.: > en_AU, en_CA, en_GB, en_US, en_ZA, hyphen_GB, hyphen_US, > thesaurus_GB/US > > * - not found on the OOo dictionary list. > > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------------- > > I would like to show the date of the dictionary .dic file with the > dictionary information showing which one is the most up-to-date. The > default English dictionary files[s] is several years old. I found a .dic > file from this year so I created a updated one that could be used. > > English (Great Britain) English-British en-GB-oed 2005-06-13 > > This en_GB dictionary has it's .dic file [i.e. word list] dated for June > 2005. There must be a word list out there that is more up-to-date. I did > find an unabridge dictionary word list that has about 213,550 words in it. I > have not looked at it to see if they made sure the words that "must" begin > with a capital letter is capitalized. I also have word lists with common > sir names and a few that have only male and female names in them. I have > one that has Bible words and another one with movie character names, actor's > names, etc., etc.. > > It would be nice to produce our own dictionaries with word lists that are > not currently covered. I wonder how many people would want one that has > words, and maybe names, that are in the Christian Bible? Many of those > words are not part of the modern English language, since the most common > versions of the Bible has language used before 1600, I believe. It would be > mice to have a word list that is for other Science areas instead of just > Chemistry. I know that there was a person looking for Science related > dictionaries, a few months ago. Besides Chemistry and Medical ones, Latin > was the only other one that could be Science based, or used in Science. > > I do have a US English names .oxt file that was produced a few years ago. > It was dated October 2008, but "common" names do not change much or many > new ones. Of course, my last name is not in the list, or any of the common > variations of it. Maybe it is just Great Britain origin, not ones that have > [other?] European origins. > > > > > On 06/17/2011 04:16 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :) >> Don't be sorry about finding it. I was just about to look for it but you >> saved >> me the couple of clicks it would have taken. I use it without really >> thinking >> about where i got it from >> Thanks and regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**__ >> From: Rajesh Sankar R<[email protected]> >> To: [email protected].**org <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thu, 16 June, 2011 18:02:31 >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Introduction about me >> >> I am sorry I did find a English(UK) dictionary. >> >> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Rajesh Sankar R<[email protected]>* >> *wrote: >> >> Hi Tim, >>> I did have a look at the DVD contents. The dictionary contains almost >>> all the major languages in India. I guess it must be enough. I would like >>> to >>> receive the archive containing the CSS and images. I would also like to >>> confirm with you if I can create an unique DVD book art, and CD art. Here >>> in >>> India we use English(UK), I would like to know if there is a dictionary >>> on >>> English(UK). >>> >>> >>> <snip> > > >>> You might want to look at the dictionary list we have. The large list, >>>> below the small one, has as many dictionaries I could find. Since there >>>> are >>>> many languages and dialects in India, I hope there are a few in this >>>> list >>>> that would be helpful for the students of your college. As far as I >>>> have >>>> been told, or read, there are ways to create simple dictionaries from >>>> word >>>> lists. So if you need a dictionary for a language/dialect, all you need >>>> to >>>> start is a large enough word list. There should be enough documentation >>>> online, somewhere, to give you the information to go from that point. >>>> >>>> http://libreoffice-na.us/**English/extensions.html#dict<http://libreoffice-na.us/English/extensions.html#dict> >>>> >>>> Let me/us know what you think. >>>> >>>> Tim Lungstrom >>>> webmaster, and lead DVD editor for the North American Community DVD >>>> Project >>>> dedicated to Canadian, US American, Mexican, Latin American users [north >>>> to south]. >>>> >>>> >>>> > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+help@global.** > libreoffice.org <marketing%[email protected]> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: > http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/**marketing/<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- Rajesh Sankar.R -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
