Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 13:51:17 -0800 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: "Ben J. Cohen" <bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Dictionary Message-ID: <19990301135117.A74364@wopr.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903012039050.1596-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk>; from Ben J. Cohen on Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 09:24:10PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903012039050.1596-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk>
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On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 09:24:10PM +0000, Ben J. Cohen wrote: > I have been using it with a friend to try and solve crosswords and it > hasn't been too brilliant---for instance it doesn't have the words > "Internet" or "cheapskate". (Of course, our crossword solving skill > aren't brilliant either.) Note the README: # Welcome to web2 (Webster's Second International) all 234,936 words worth. # The 1934 copyright has elapsed, according to the supplier. The # supplemental 'web2a' list contains hyphenated terms as well as assorted # noun and adverbial phrases. The wordlist makes a dandy 'grep' victim. The lack of "Internet" in a 1934 dictionary should not be surprising. We have that dictionary because its copyright expired, not because anyone donated it. I don't know whether there are any more recent or more complete dictionaries available for free. -- Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Science rules. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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