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From: gross@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Evan Gross [Sys Des])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Standardize Speller Dictionaries, please!!
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Date: Tue, 22-Sep-87 00:08:18 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 22 00:08:18 1987
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It's difficult to standardize on a spelling checker dictionary,
since generally speaking dictionaries are licensed by the software
developer from a dictionary producer.

If there was only one dictionary producer or they all had the
same features and/or price, then maybe things would be easier...

The dictionary used by Thunder! (from Electronic Arts) was
created by a Canadian firm and by default contains all the
British/Canadian spellings that you've been adding to your
other dictionaries.

Evan Gross
(Author of Thunder!)