[lingucomponent-issues] [Issue 92383] submit new en_US.dic without the errors
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=92383 --- Additional comments from aardvar...@openoffice.org Wed Feb 16 17:22:20 + 2011 --- Created an attachment (id=75850) autocorrect hyphenates, compound words, grammar errors; word list - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lingucomponent.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@lingucomponent.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
[lingucomponent-issues] [Issue 92383] submit new en_US.dic without the errors
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=92383 --- Additional comments from aardvar...@openoffice.org Wed Feb 16 17:34:02 + 2011 --- PROBLEM WORDS, submit autocorrect suggestions in plain text A number of problem words were created by Microsoft's spelling mistakes. Because of Microsoft's total domination in the United States, these errors have been compounded a billions times in the past dozen years. Some words are entering the language. The surprising thing is that more words haven't been subverted, but that most intelligent people still continue to write point-blank instead of the ugly Microsoft pointblank. Microsoft handled things by just removing essential hyphens. After all, no sense paying for programmers, or for anyone who knew even a smattering of the English language. These problem words have to be checked every year. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) monitors ten thousand transitional words on a daily basis. The OED now accepts the following nouns as one word, and they may be included in en_US.dic (they are missing from my version): airbag airbase lifebuoy waterhole - one word OED, all other dictionaries, two words Note the following key words: all right - the only correct usage. alright not acceptable point-blank (Microsoft's word, pointblank, not acceptable) The preferred choice for cafe is now without an accented e. The OED has razor blade. Everyone else uses razorblade. The American Heritage Dictionary has mockup, mahjong, and housepainter. OED and others use mock-up. Almost everyone uses mah-jongg and house painter. (May want to put mah-jongg in the autocorrect list.) The OED has hot plate and hot pot, but Collins English Dictionary has these as one word. Here are some words I really hate to look up every year. Real dictionaries list them as two words. This isn't a complete list, but these words are noted in the attached autocorrect suggestions file. bean sprouts black light coal mine con man, con men drift net drop kick fire truck floor show fly swatter [one dic. has flyswatter as second-rate choice] gun battle hair dryer ice pack land mine love child milk shake nose cone school day six-shooter [hyphenation is correct, as here] staff room [British usage, a teachers' lounge, one word] tea bag tea leaves trash can water mill Hunspell does not handle hyphenated words, but these can be substituted using the autocorrect feature of Open Office. Also some accented words aren't found by Hunspell, and they are in the list, as well as recommendations for various word substitutions. The fifteen-page plain text file is attached. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lingucomponent.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@lingucomponent.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
[lingucomponent-issues] [Issue 92383] submit new en_US.dic without the errors
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=92383 --- Additional comments from aardvar...@openoffice.org Fri Feb 11 17:14:36 + 2011 --- Created an attachment (id=75820) February 11, 2011 update of en_US.dic; 146,540 words - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lingucomponent.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@lingucomponent.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
[lingucomponent-issues] [Issue 92383] submit new en_US.dic without the errors
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=92383 --- Additional comments from aardvar...@openoffice.org Fri Feb 11 17:18:53 + 2011 --- The word list was pruned of specialized or obscure words, particularly if those might interfere with finding more common words. As example, 'chough' and 'scoter' are birds, but most people will be interested in typing 'cough' or 'scooter.' Sometimes choices aren't clear. 'Whicker' is a horse's whinny, but perhaps there is a conflict with 'wicker.' 'Whicker' was removed. Often a dictionary will list plurals for words ending in 'o' as either -os or -oes, or words ending in 'a' as -as or -ae. If a dictionary separates the choices with 'or' then both plurals have equal weight, but a spellchecker may help a writer's consistency by only listing the first choice. It has not escaped my attention that removing words helps to make room for later additions, as a number of new words and proper nouns need to be added to keep the word list current. (May 6, 2009 version, 150,240 words. Current version 146,540 words.) The words 'shalt' and 'spake' are now in the list, but have been marked with an exclamation point for NO SUGGEST. Hunspell is good at dividing long words into two, and checking each portion, useful for a Hungarian spellchecker. It is unable to handle hyphenated words. For this spellchecker to function properly, users need to install an autocorrect word list in Open Office, so that when 'paperclipped' is typed, 'paper-clipped' is automatically substituted. This is also true for some accented words, so that typing 'elan' produces 'élan.' Unfortunately, Open Office doesn't use the autocorrect feature this way. Sources, listed in order of preference. 1) http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ American Heritage Dictionary, and Collins English Dictionary 2) http://dictionary.reference.com/ Random House Dictionary, Collins English Dictionary, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 3) http://www.merriam-webster.com/ Merriam-Webster Dictionary 4) http://oxforddictionaries.com/?attempted=true The Oxford English Dictionary Dictionaries often disagree on compound words, or on spelling. Generally the Random House Dictionary is very good, but it gives a spelling of 'mujahedin.' Going to an Arabic source to clarify matters only adds to the confusion, as that site gives seven possible spellings. Other dictionaries use the word 'mujahideen,' so that seems preferable. Because of past problems with WordNet, I don't accept words with only this single source. WordNet gathers words from the web. This says nothings about the way people write, only that people are blindly reproducing the questionable Microsoft spellchecker, which has total dominance in the U.S. February 11, 2011 - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lingucomponent.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@lingucomponent.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
