Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:26:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd@spatula.net Subject: Re: misc/149756: The word "children" is missing from ?/usr/share/dict/words Message-ID: <201008180726.o7I7Q0GE015351@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20100818044958.9670E1701D@turing.morons.org>
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Nick Johnson <freebsd@spatula.net> wrote: > > Number: 149756 > > Category: misc > > Synopsis: The word "children" is missing from /usr/share/dict/words > [...] > > Description: > Somehow in compiling /usr/share/dict/words the fairly common word, "children" was omitted. > > > How-To-Repeat: > grep -w children /usr/share/dict/words > > > Fix: > Could just add the word, but it would be more useful to figure out how it came to be that this particular > word ended up being omitted. Just a quick answer to that question: The "words" file was derived from a dictionary and doesn't contain plural forms, including irregular ones. For example, it doesn't contain the word "feet" either. Of course, in order to be useful for spell checking, it would make sense to add those words. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "In My Egoistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt." -- Blair P. Houghton
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