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From: dan@wet.UUCP (Daniel Tauber)
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Subject: Re: Spelling checker file wanted
Keywords: Webster's
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Date: 17 Nov 90 03:24:39 GMT
References: <1990Oct19.204926.17576@techbook.com> <PLTFR2w163w@ijpc.UUCP> <	<6435@plains.NoDak.edu>> <1990Nov9.202538.25634@ariel.unm.edu> <	<EMV.90Nov9234449@poe.aa.ox.com>> <16368@s.ms.uky.edu> <SCOTT.90Nov15181029@mcs-server.gac.edu>
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The work Dr. Webster did cataloging American English and his name are in
the public domain.  That is why umpteen Webster's dictionaries exist
all from different publishers.

Webster was the first person to pay serious attention to American English
as a distinct language from British English.

Dan Tauber
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