I agree, and there are other aspects to consider in a school setting. It's not so much that students will find words that they have never heard before. But there's definitely a high potential for distraction, like: "Hey, I just typed in motherf***** and look what words the thesarus came back with." "Wow neat, let me try ****** and see what I get with that" and on and on. There's also the point about seeing these terms in the dictionary and thesaurus kind of legitimizes them, carrying some implication that these are actually OK in written material, when in most civilized, polite society these terms would not be used. And for people who think this is censorship, you're under no obligation to remove the words from your computer. In a message dated 11/19/2005 8:06:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I, for one, do not think that you need to apologize. You asked a good question and for a good cause. While the dictionaries may contain words that meet your criteria, the thesauruses offering suspect words to small children could be a problem. I am sending you a list of possibilities that you may use as you work. I also encourage you to get on [email protected] to see if there are other options. Fro myself, as an adult, I see no need to change anything but I do see that subjecting youngsters to words they may or may not know could be a problem in a school setting, especially in the USA, where not doing something could lead to lawsuits. Who needs it? -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
