From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA511138CD0 for ; Tue, 19 May 2015 22:44:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 26663E08DD; Tue, 19 May 2015 22:44:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EFAD7E08C1 for ; Tue, 19 May 2015 22:44:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YuqF1-000384-RQ for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 20 May 2015 00:44:04 +0200 Received: from 108-248-189-27.lightspeed.clmasc.sbcglobal.net ([108.248.189.27]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 May 2015 00:44:03 +0200 Received: from boxcars by 108-248-189-27.lightspeed.clmasc.sbcglobal.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 May 2015 00:44:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: =?UTF-8?B?wrtRwqs=?= Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: question for en_GB users of myspell-en dictionaries Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 17:43:57 -0500 Organization: none Message-ID: <20150519174357.0ef88a21@sepulchrave.remarqs> References: <20150507150916.7312349c@sepulchrave.remarqs> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 108-248-189-27.lightspeed.clmasc.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.27; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Archives-Salt: 8e26323b-69ff-422e-a9f5-09daa61a31c2 X-Archives-Hash: ba7bb743ec3d9b75e14b1f794ad0efd0 On Mon, 11 May 2015 20:29:37 +0000 (UTC) James wrote: > »Q« gmx.net> writes: > > > > tl;dr: Is an update to the myspell-en Oxford spelling dictionary > > really wanted by anyone? > > Oxford is known as the 'the reference' for unabridged dictionaries in > English (at least this is what some psychotic professors tortured us > with, in English 101/102 some decades ago; leather helmets, dinosaurs > etc)...... ymmv. For meanings and etymology, the OED is the gold standard, but we're just talking about spellchecking dictionaries here. The Oxford spelling is *not* the spelling used by most of the UK. It's the official spelling of the Oxford University Press and some academic journals, such as /The Lancet/, and people writing for those publications need it. Most Oxford dons don't use the Oxford spelling. IOW, only people who have to write according to style guides which explicitly specify Oxford spelling need an Oxford spellchecking dictionary. I'm interpreting the feedback from you and Joost to mean "yes we want a good UK spelling dictionary", which you'll get. If it really is *Oxford* spelling one of you needs, I need to hear a more specific plea (e.g., "I write for The Lancet/"). My mother has a Ph.D. in English Lit, and there was always a concise OED around my house when I was growing up, but she was unaware of the "Oxford spelling" until I asked her about it recently. The main difference between standard UK spelling and Oxford spelling is that Oxford spelling uses -ize endings (criticize, optimize) whereas standard UK spelling uses -ise. Using Oxford will make most readers think you're using American spelling, since Americans use -ize. > I hope it is available system wide for a variety of apps? Yes, these are system dictionaries. `equery d hunspell aspell enchant` will probably show you most of the things on your system that use these dictionaries. (I don't know what GNOME uses, but it probably depends on either hunspell or aspell.)