From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Sep 22 15:40: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A470814A2D for ; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:40:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id PAA12132; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:40:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199909222240.PAA12132@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: "Kelly Yancey" Subject: Re: misc/13895: nonexistent words in /usr/share/dict/web2 Reply-To: "Kelly Yancey" Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/13895; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Kelly Yancey" To: Cc: Subject: Re: misc/13895: nonexistent words in /usr/share/dict/web2 Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 18:30:46 -0400 I have since found acromania, acromegalic, acrologue, and acrology in an old printed dictionary. I still cannot find acrologic, or any variation thereof. If the only source is the OED, I can't help but wonder if this is a variation between American and the Queen's English. I won't pretend to be knowledgable on the subject, I'm just reporting what I have found. Given that /usr/share/dict/README specifically states: Note that FreeBSD is not maintaining a historical document, we're maintaining a list of current [American] English spellings. If it is not current American English, I still assert they should be removed. As for the word I reported: acromastitis, if it is jargon, then either it should be removed, or a whole bunch of missing words are begging to be added (such as pixel, pixelate, pixelated). Kelly ~kbyanc@posi.net~ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve - http://www.freebsd.org/ Join Team FreeBSD - http://www.posi.net/freebsd/Team-FreeBSD/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message