On 06/23/2012 06:11 PM, Libre User wrote: > As one of those who is enjoying the benefits of all the work you put > into these dictionaries, THANK YOU.!!! > > Jerry +1 > > At 01:22 PM 6/23/2012, you wrote: >> So, clearly there are a lot of people out there quietly enjoying >> using your works. >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> --- On Sat, 23/6/12, webmaster-Kracked_P_P >> <webmas...@krackedpress.com> wrote: >> >> From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <webmas...@krackedpress.com> >> Subject: [libreoffice-users] "English" dictionary extension >> To: "LibreO - Users Global" <users@global.libreoffice.org> >> Date: Saturday, 23 June, 2012, 19:53 >> >> >> With all the "issues" about my version of a British word list >> dictionary, I decided to get out of my sick bed and do something that >> would make the same people more angry at me. >> >> If you do not want to use my spelling word dictionaries, you do not >> need to. Use someone else's. I just thought I could help LO in my >> own little way. If all people who want to help is made to feel like >> I have over my work on my versions of a spelling extension, then I >> would wonder why people would want to help make LO better. So, for >> those who do not like my work, do not use it. >> >> NOW - what I did. . . . >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/add-on-dictionaries-large-list/kpp-english-dictionary-790k-word-list.oxt >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> I took all three 638K word lists - American, British, and Canadian - >> and compared them. As far as I could tell, there were less than 100 >> words that were not in at least two out of the three lists. I could >> be wrong, but that is what I came up with. >> >> Then I added lists of medical and chemical words to the large word >> list to make it a total of 790,673 words. I planned to add the >> medical and chemical words at a later date, but I did so now >> instead. I still have more words to add, but I will have to wait to >> rebuild that list of new words [since I deleted my work when I was >> sick last year and was switching drives for storage of these working >> files]. >> >> I will not tell you where I got these words from, but as far as I >> will tell you ALL of the words came from "GNU - General Public >> License" sources or equivalent. >> >> If you choose to search for word lists you will find the ones I have >> found and merged to create the "master" word lists I use for the >> creation three versions of the English Language spelling >> dictionaries. Everything I did can be done by anyone who would want >> to do so. >> >> -------------- >> >> AS for spellings that are not matching everyone's preferred spelling, >> that is easy . . . . >> >> >> Languages Evolve and even in the same country people can spell a word >> differently and still be correct. >> >> >> If you go to >> >> http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/spanish-dictionaries >> >> and look, you will find Spanish dictionaries for various regions. >> You want to argue with them that they are not spelling their words >> correctly? No, the spellings of words evolve and can be used in each >> variation. Do I tell people that "colour" or "menue" are not the >> correct spellings of these words, since they are not the spellings I >> use? They should be "color" and "menu" according to my email client, >> BUT both ways are spelled correctly if you look at resource that does >> not say this is the preferred spelling so any other correct spellings >> are not to be used anymore. The people in my building who saw >> "menue" spelled this way could not tell me that is was not correct, >> when it is not the "most preferred" spelling method. >> >> Look at the French. As far as I was told, they have revised their >> spellings of some words and now teach this new spelling method in >> their schools. But, the old ways are still going to be out there in >> books and other printed documents. Look at what Oxford English is >> vs. British English. "They" are changing the way you spell many >> common words [my opinion for common words and spelling] but if the >> public do not want to use the newest version of the words, then who >> will force them? If the public think it is not a good idea to use >> the newest ways to spell the words, then is the public wrong or the >> people who thought up the new ways of spelling of the words? Look >> into the past of the "English" language. It has not been around for >> 2000 years, 1000 years, or even 500. The "English" language grew out >> of communities coming in contact with each other and sharing their >> words. These groups of larger communities share with others and >> slowly a new >> language grows out of the older ones. ALSO smaller communities form >> and over time the words they use, and their spelling of those words, >> will change. As far as my English professors understands, this will >> always happen. Language Evolves. >> >> How many "English" words actually came from words in the French and >> German regions of Europe? Language shares words and the use can >> become part of their "communal" language. >> >> You can tell me I am wrong, and I can say that you are. We are both >> neither right or wrong. The lady who was born and raised 200 miles >> south of me who spells "menue/menu" her way is not wrong, but she >> grew up in a different sub-community in the USA than I did. There >> were more of one ethnic group that moved into her region of the >> country than did in mine. My father was raised on a different region >> than my mother. We all were taught how to speak in areas of >> different ethnic diversity. Our words we used were different for >> some common things, AND so was some of the ways that those words were >> spelled. The language evolved in these communities and as each >> community member moved to other communities, the words [and spelling] >> spread to other communities, through their use and their children's use. >> >> <http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/add-on-dictionaries-large-list/kpp-english-dictionary-790k-word-list.oxt>Language >> evolves. >> >> NO one sub-group can force another to use the new ways. If they are >> not used by enough people, then those new ways are given up. >> >> The same goes with spelling of the words you use. Over the past 200 >> many ways of spelling words have changed and were used by enough >> people that those ways became preferred over the older ways, but >> those older ways are rarely, if ever, removed from the written >> language. They are just not used as much as they once were. >> >> >> -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: >> users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot >> be deleted >> >> >> -- >> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: >> users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot >> be deleted >
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