On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 17:55 +1030, Tim wrote: > Aaron Konstam: > > Of a English word spelled incorrectly that the spellcheck does not > > catch. It catches all of mine so I just wondered. But I don't want to > > make a Major thread over this. You can send me the example(s) off list > > if you don't want to clutter up the list. Of course I can't respond > > directly to you. > > 'twas the other guy that started the topic... But if one is desperate > to contact me, it can be done. However, I'll respond back to the list > about some stuff, now, that's generally applicable to this topic. This > pops up from time to time. > Hey look the topic was that evolution does not work on American English (look at your subject line) and I asked for an example. Instead I get a diatribe on how an American dictionary will not work for English or Australian spelling. That is certainly true. You better not tell me how to e-mail you directly. In would be bad for both of us I think. > I tend to make do with British spelling if I can't use Australian, it's > generally close to ours, and certainly closer than American. That, or > just do without spell checking. In all the years I've been using > computers, it's somewhat unusual to have an Australian dictionary (or > other checkers), so I've gotten use to not having one. Most of my > spelling errors are typing errors, rather than spelling errors. I tend > to notice them. For the cases that I did want one, my usual approach > was to load up a document that's perfectly typed, and add all the words > it complained about to the user dictionary. ;-) > > I've switched it on to check British English, now, and it's flagged > "spelled" and "spellcheck" as incorrect. Ah, the irony... It should be > "spelt," to us, and spell check or spell-check, until it become adopted > as a new word. > > The usual culprits are things like color versus colour (British and > Australian spelling), metre and litre (correct original spelling, by > those who invented the terms), and words ending with ise/ize (most > Australian words end with ise - like advertise, but I believe the Brits > have gravitated towards using ize endings). So you can see, we really > do need individual dictionaries, not picking one that's sort of similar. > > -- > (Currently running FC4, in case that's important to the thread) > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. > -- ======================================================================= A manager went to the master programmer and showed him the requirements document for a new application. The manager asked the master: "How long will it take to design this system if I assign five programmers to it?" "It will take one year," said the master promptly. "But we need this system immediately or even sooner! How long will it take it I assign ten programmers to it?" The master programmer frowned. "In that case, it will take two years." "And what if I assign a hundred programmers to it?" The master programmer shrugged. "Then the design will never be completed," he said. -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming" ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
