Public bug reported:
Some words are missing from the British English dictionary. It looks as
though it was created from the American English dictionary by an
automated process, and some of the irregular cases have been missed.
For example:
- 'Prize' is missing but 'prise' is in. In British English, you prise
with a crowbar, but win a prize. ('Prizefighter' and various similar
words are in the dictionary, presumably because it doesn't have an -ize
ending, technically speaking.)
- 'Burglarise' (or -ize) is not used in British English; the equivalent
word is 'burgle'.
- 'Cauterise' - the preferred spelling is 'cauterize'. Even with words
like this, s/ize$/ise/ doesn't always work. :-(
- 'Crystallise' - ditto.
- 'Technicolor' (capital T) is a trademark and therefore retains the
American spelling 'color'. 'technicolour' (small T) means garishly
coloured. Presumably both spellings should be in the dictionary.
These are just a few examples, unfortunately there seem to be quite a
lot of similar cases. Some affect quite common words, like 'prize',
while others are rather obscure. Tracing them all will be a bit of a
bother, unfortunately, but at the moment people using the Ubuntu
applications with a spellchecker in the UK are going to get odd results.
By the way I've checked the examples I gave with the Collins Dictionary.
I don't trust myself when it comes to spelling. :-)
** Affects: scowl (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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British English dictionary is incomplete
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247341
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