Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:40:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kelly Yancey" <kbyanc@alcnet.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/13895: nonexistent words in /usr/share/dict/web2 Message-ID: <199909222240.PAA12132@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/13895; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Kelly Yancey" <kbyanc@alcnet.com> To: <freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org> Cc: <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Subject: Re: misc/13895: nonexistent words in /usr/share/dict/web2 Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 18:30:46 -0400 I have since found acromania, acromegalic, acrologue, and acrology in an old printed dictionary. I still cannot find acrologic, or any variation thereof. If the only source is the OED, I can't help but wonder if this is a variation between American and the Queen's English. I won't pretend to be knowledgable on the subject, I'm just reporting what I have found. Given that /usr/share/dict/README specifically states: Note that FreeBSD is not maintaining a historical document, we're maintaining a list of current [American] English spellings. If it is not current American English, I still assert they should be removed. As for the word I reported: acromastitis, if it is jargon, then either it should be removed, or a whole bunch of missing words are begging to be added (such as pixel, pixelate, pixelated). Kelly ~kbyanc@posi.net~ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve - http://www.freebsd.org/ Join Team FreeBSD - http://www.posi.net/freebsd/Team-FreeBSD/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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