Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 at 23:21:54, Roy wood wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] .tesco.net, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Yes, you're right about rong, I missed that. Somewhere along the line, mine must have learned SHURE. I'll have to work out how to remove it now! It is a microphone. .. and a record stylus Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 at 00:06:05, David Tubbs wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) At 23:41 21/06/2005 +0100, you wrote: Yes Dilwyn, It would be useful to know how to delete words from the Pee Sea Dicshunary witch ar noo longer reqwired. Let me know of your progress. John Gilpin Dicslectic Treshur er! (my Spell Checker has just offered Thrasher) Put it write, just edit your custom dick. TOOLSOptionsSpellGramDicksEdit 'modify' in XP Brilliant, David. I knew it was possible but thought I had to get at custom.dic directly. I must find a list of common American-English spellings and update. I have the American version. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
Yes, you're right about rong, I missed that. Somewhere along the line, mine must have learned SHURE. I'll have to work out how to remove it now! It is a microphone. Ah, of course, as I used to work in broadcasting that's where it must have come from. Just out of fun I'll type the above as English words with Welsh spelling: A, of co^rs, as ai iwsd tw wyrc in bro^dcasting ddat's wher it myst haf cym ffrom. Jyst owt of ffyn ail taip ddi abyf as Inglish wyrds widd Welsh speling. (single Welsh F = English V, double Welsh F = English F). So that's what John Taylor was up to...learning Welsh! -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
RE: [ql-users] Spelin'
Roy! Do you mean our beloved Bertie? I'm shocked :-) Darren. -Original Message- From: Roy wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 June 2005 23:26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Spelin' In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP Grrr. Who made the English language so difficult??? Because it is so difficult and some of us take the trouble to learn it correctly we don't mangle it like our cousins across the pond - especially their leader. -- Roy Wood Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex.BN41 2LB Tel: +44 (0) 1273 386030fax: +44 (0) 1273 430501 skype : royqbranch web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
Grrr. Who made the English language so difficult??? Because it is so difficult and some of us take the trouble to learn it correctly we don't mangle it like our cousins across the pond - especially their leader. Natural evolution of language is probably listed in a dictionary somewhere under his name :-) Won't be long before some versions of English are classed as separate languages I suppose, since there are significant differences (not just accents) between English as spoken on the various continents. The most widely used second language in the world...yet probably the largest number of regional variations etc as well - the original official British English (if there ever was such a thing) probably being in a minority these days. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
From: David Tubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] It would be useful to know how to delete words from the Pee Sea Dicshunary witch ar noo longer reqwired. Let me know of your progress. John Gilpin Dicslectic Treshur er! (my Spell Checker has just offered Thrasher) Put it write, just edit your custom dick. TOOLSOptionsSpellGramDicksEdit They ain't so dumb in Seattle Thanks. Interesting to see some words I've added to custom.dic, mostly professional terms, but there is one word I don't recognise: CEMISE Anyone know if it's a valid word? Means nothing to me! Will probably be on my mind all day now until I get home to look in a dictionary. [ not a very easy to read book, but at least it explains everything as it goes along :-) ] Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
Geoff Wicks has British English and American English QTYP dictionaries, it might be possible to run a comparison between the two for alternative spellings perhaps? Dilwyn Jones Tony Firshman wrote: Brilliant, David. I knew it was possible but thought I had to get at custom.dic directly. I must find a list of common American-English spellings and update. I have the American version. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: RE: [ql-users] Spelin'
Darren Branagh wrote: Roy! Do you mean our beloved Bertie? I'm shocked :-) Darren. Oh oh, here we go, Bertie Bashing... -- Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
At 09:08 22/06/2005 +0100, you wrote: TOOLSOptionsSpellGramDicksEdit 'modify' in XP Under XP home - Probably Word version, am using Off 2k Brilliant, David. I knew it was possible but thought I had to get at custom.dic directly. I must find a list of common American-English spellings and update. I have the American version. Surely we all have both, and a few more to choose from. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.10/25 - Release Date: 21/06/2005 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 at 08:55:49, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Grrr. Who made the English language so difficult??? Because it is so difficult and some of us take the trouble to learn it correctly we don't mangle it like our cousins across the pond - especially their leader. Natural evolution of language is probably listed in a dictionary somewhere under his name :-) Won't be long before some versions of English are classed as separate languages I suppose, since there are significant differences (not just accents) between English as spoken on the various continents. The most widely used second language in the world... Indeed it is. There are more English speakers in China and the Far East than in the UK and America combined I think. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 at 09:01:58, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) but there is one word I don't recognise: CEMISE Anyone know if it's a valid word? Means nothing to me! Will probably be on my mind all day now until I get home to look in a dictionary. Only almost an acronym I think: common management information service element Maybe it was meant to be Chemise (woman's loose fitting shirt) Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
RE: [ql-users] Spelin'
Or you fumble fingered while typing demise, and it added it to the dictionary by mistake - c instead of d - they are quite near on the keyboard? Darren. -Original Message- From: Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 June 2005 12:28 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Spelin' On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 at 09:01:58, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) but there is one word I don't recognise: CEMISE Anyone know if it's a valid word? Means nothing to me! Will probably be on my mind all day now until I get home to look in a dictionary. Only almost an acronym I think: common management information service element Maybe it was meant to be Chemise (woman's loose fitting shirt) Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
but there is one word I don't recognise: CEMISE Anyone know if it's a valid word? Means nothing to me! Will probably be on my mind all day now until I get home to look in a dictionary. Only almost an acronym I think: common management information service element Maybe it was meant to be Chemise (woman's loose fitting shirt) Tony Hmm, I've never heard of Chemise, so it wasn't me (honest guv) unless a miss-spelling of demise or some such word got added by Miss Steak. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: RE: [ql-users] Spelin'
Or you fumble fingered while typing demise, and it added it to the dictionary by mistake - c instead of d - they are quite near on the keyboard? Darren. I'm quite sure DEMISE is already in the dictionary. Maybe it wasn't me who added it, or like Tony suggests it might have been an acronym or something. Knowing my typing skills, your suggestion (c near d) is probably klos 2 thy trwth. My best mis-type lately was in designing the new menus for the GD2 Launchpad. I managed to get the scaling back to front somehow. Result was a menu which vanished when resized without error. Took me days to find the typo, meantime I'd got bored with looking for it and gone to do something else. I have come to the firm conclusion that writing new QL software is infinitely easier than rewriting old software! Dilwyn -Original Message- From: Tony Firshman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 June 2005 12:28 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Spelin' On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 at 09:01:58, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) but there is one word I don't recognise: CEMISE Anyone know if it's a valid word? Means nothing to me! Will probably be on my mind all day now until I get home to look in a dictionary. Only almost an acronym I think: common management information service element Maybe it was meant to be Chemise (woman's loose fitting shirt) Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
- Original Message - From: Tony Firshman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Spelin' On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 at 08:55:49, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Won't be long before some versions of English are classed as separate languages I suppose, since there are significant differences (not just accents) between English as spoken on the various continents. The most widely used second language in the world... Tony Firshman replied: Indeed it is. There are more English speakers in China and the Far East than in the UK and America combined I think. I recently read that the reason a pictogram reading system has survived in Chinese is that the land is so big and with so many dialects, that the written language is the only thing they have in common. Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
- Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 10:07 AM Subject: Re: Re: [ql-users] Spelin' Geoff Wicks has British English and American English QTYP dictionaries, it might be possible to run a comparison between the two for alternative spellings perhaps? Dilwyn Jones Actually these two lists were compiled by running a list of mixed UK/USA words through a PC spell checker. In most cases the spelling differences follow fairly simple rules. labor for labour, gray for grey etc. I once made two lovely mistakes in a document I wrote about a salary agreement for my trade union. It was in the pre-WP days but a spell checker would not have helped. Problems of staffing not caused by bad management appeared as Problems of staffing not caused by bed management and Improved starting points for probation officers appeared as Improved starting pints for probation officers. best wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Spelin'
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 at 20:21:57, gwicks wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I once made two lovely mistakes in a document I wrote about a salary agreement for my trade union. It was in the pre-WP days but a spell checker would not have helped. Problems of staffing not caused by bad management appeared as Problems of staffing not caused by bed management and Improved starting points for probation officers appeared as Improved starting pints for probation officers. My favourite was a disgruntled secretary who was used as a typist in Ford KD operations in the late 60s. We produced charts with Shipping Date These were typed by her as Shitting Date and not spotted. We were -sure- she did it intentionally - t is an awful long way from p. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 Skype: tonyfirshman TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
