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From: rodgers@clausius.mmwb.ucsf.edu (R. P. C. Rodgers)
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Subject: Re: wanted "French digital dictionary"
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Date: 11 Jan 90 16:58:50 GMT
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gamin@ireq-robot.UUCP (Martin Boyer) writes:

>clement@opus.UUCP (Clement Pellerin) writes:
>>
>>We would buy a French digital dictionary if only we could find one.

>I have been looking for such a product for about two years and I haven't
>found anything directly usable on Unix [deletions]

>Possible solutions are:

>2. Do it ourselves.  Namely, set up a mailing list and ask contributors to
>send lists of (correct) words.  It is simple to assemble, sift, and sort.

>My experience tells me that for anything this specific, nobody else is
>going to do it.  Therefore, I am willing to start on solution 2 if there is
>enough interest.  Start sending me mail at the address below if you are
>willing to contribute.

>-- 
>Martin Boyer                         ireq-robot!mboyer@Larry.McRCIM.McGILL.EDU
>Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec mboyer@ireq-robot.uucp

Great idea, but before plunging into this big project, I think you should
lay out some ground rules.  How are you going to handle accent marks, for
example?  Will you use the troff -ms (.AM) conventions, or what?  Presumably
you will want only stem words, and will recognize derivatives of these by
the application of grammatical rules.

Good Luck!
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