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Old 01-24-2022, 04:37 AM   #47
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Originally Posted by KevinH View Post
A spellchecker dictionary is very different from a regular dictionary. Its role is to help catch common spelling errors, not to define a language or a word. Therefore keeping obsolete or very rarely used words in a spellchecker dictionary is just not appropriate given they help hide spelling errors on more commonly used words.

I will remove both Scotchman, and Scotchwoman and their variants but leave scotchman in the final release. If people have a historical text that uses those words that they do not want to update to their modern equivalents, they can easily ignore those words or simply add them to their User dictionary.

This is the same reason a spellchecker dictionary should not be based on scowl size 80 or larger (and many say 70 or larger).

Unfortunately, vetting the scowl word lists really requires a team of dedicated people not just one or two.

Thanks,

KevinH
Probably the best solution. Anyone misspelling Scotsman etc. should be using a capitalised version.

I will keep an eye out for anything else that might cause an issue.
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