| Title: | The Joy of Lex |
| Notice: | A Notes File even your grammar could love |
| Moderator: | THEBAY::SYSTEM |
| Created: | Fri Feb 28 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1192 |
| Total number of notes: | 42769 |
I have a strange request for anyone who uses the SPELL
application on VAX . . . .
How would you like to mail me a copy of the Personal
dictionary you use in SPELL?
Ah, you ask why I should desire such a thing? Simple: I'm
currently taking a graduate course in the History of the English
Language and I'm collecting some notes on current trends. The
personal dictionary created by the SPELL application holds all
the words that either you've misspelled (and thought you hadn't)
or that the VAX doesn't find in its master dictionary.
It's this latter set of words that interests me. Those
non-identifiable words frequently say something about where the
language is going (to hell in a user-friendly handbasket). I
have a fairly large compendium already, but I'd be interested in
enlarging it with any inputs from abroad.
If you'd like to contribute to the word hoard, please mail your
PERSONAL.LGP file to me at HYSTER::MITCHELL.
Thanks a lot,
Mark Mitchell
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| 19.1 | EXODUS::MCKENDRY | Thu Oct 04 1984 02:02 | 7 | ||
(I don't use SPELL myself, so can't help you there...) Is DEC paying for this course? You must have a singularly enlightened manager if you've been able to convince him or her that it's important for a person in the computer industry to know something about the English language. -John | |||||
| 19.2 | HYSTER::MITCHELL | Tue Jan 22 1985 10:06 | 9 | ||
First, thanks to those of you who contributed your dictionaries -- I appreciate your interest in the project. Second, the paper is done and available for any who would care to see it. Send mail to me at HYSTER::MITCHELL if you want a copy. If the requests overwhelm me (yeah, right . . .) I'll post it here. Mark | |||||