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KevinH · 01-22-2022, 08:52 AM

FWIW, we can also remove words from the dictionary or keep them in the dictionary but mark them as "no suggest" if they are now considered offensive.

Everything I have looked at says Scotchman and Scotchwoman (and their variations) are at their worst offensive and at their best obsolete.

Unfortunately, they are part of the current scowl wordlists. In fact I think the google dictionaries are probably scowl based. Perhaps someone should open a bug report on the scowl github site and suggest the removal of that word, or raising it to level 80 (lower frequency) so it is no longer part of most spelling dictionaries.

Given the word is obsolete at best, perhaps we should remove it or at least set it as no suggest in our dictionaries before their release?

All thoughts welcome.

01-22-2022, 08:52 AM	#41
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,885 Karma: 6120478 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	FWIW, we can also remove words from the dictionary or keep them in the dictionary but mark them as "no suggest" if they are now considered offensive. Everything I have looked at says Scotchman and Scotchwoman (and their variations) are at their worst offensive and at their best obsolete. Unfortunately, they are part of the current scowl wordlists. In fact I think the google dictionaries are probably scowl based. Perhaps someone should open a bug report on the scowl github site and suggest the removal of that word, or raising it to level 80 (lower frequency) so it is no longer part of most spelling dictionaries. Given the word is obsolete at best, perhaps we should remove it or at least set it as no suggest in our dictionaries before their release? All thoughts welcome. Last edited by KevinH; 01-22-2022 at 10:45 AM.