Trivia to be filed under the heading of "useless but funny information on Firefox dictionary":
Geoffrey Hyde
I wonder what other common words Firefox doesn't recognize?
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
Beauregard T. Shagnasty
> Apparently, Firefox doesn't recongize "donut" as a proper word. Go
> figure.
Perhaps down there in Oz, "donut" isn't a proper word? :-)
Here in the U.S., my copy of Firefox 3.0.15 approves "donut" but oddly
enough does not approve of "doughnut"...
> I wonder what other common words Firefox doesn't recognize?
What does yours do for (British) English words such as:
humor | humour
For me, humor is okay, but humour is not.
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Ron Hunter
Swifty
> Apparently, Firefox doesn't recongize "donut" as a proper word. Go figure.
>
> I wonder what other common words Firefox doesn't recognize?
I'm more worried by the words that *are* accepted, after sending my
manager an email suggesting that he may have a problem with his "poser"
supply. (power)
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Ron Hunter
> Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
>> Apparently, Firefox doesn't recongize "donut" as a proper word. Go
>> figure.
>>
>> I wonder what other common words Firefox doesn't recognize?
>
> I'm more worried by the words that *are* accepted, after sending my
> manager an email suggesting that he may have a problem with his "poser"
> supply. (power)
>
Beauregard T. Shagnasty
Does your computer have a poseur supply?
Swifty
> NO spell-checker can tell what you meant, and that is a 'poser'. Grin.
Not quite 100% true. Word 2003 (the version I have) allows you to remove
words from the standard dictionary (by creating an exception dictionary)
and I've used this to mark "poser" as a spelling mistake. It's never
been wrong to date.
Ron Hunter
> Ron Hunter wrote:
>> NO spell-checker can tell what you meant, and that is a 'poser'. Grin.
>
> Not quite 100% true. Word 2003 (the version I have) allows you to remove
> words from the standard dictionary (by creating an exception dictionary)
> and I've used this to mark "poser" as a spelling mistake. It's never
> been wrong to date.
>
French word.
John Doue
> Ron Hunter wrote:
>> NO spell-checker can tell what you meant, and that is a 'poser'. Grin.
>
> Not quite 100% true. Word 2003 (the version I have) allows you to remove
> words from the standard dictionary (by creating an exception dictionary)
> and I've used this to mark "poser" as a spelling mistake. It's never
> been wrong to date.
>
reliably for you ... Here, it is totally unreliable.
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Greywolf
"Poser" also means "riddle".
wolf k.
David McRitchie
You missed the point. Swiftly knows that in his normal usage he would not use
"poser" because the word wanted would almost always be "poster". A similar
item for me for our SOP (Standard Operating Procedures Manual) was to
eliminate "discus" because we have no need for that word and the wanted
word would be "discuss". I had to add over 7,000 common words and some
specific to Information Systems Operation to our dictionary back then. We also
added/deleted temporary words for individual procedures. It is so much nicer now
when dictionaries start with a complete real dictionary rather than picking the
the most common nn,nnn words.
If anyone is having a problem using the Firefox dictionary, see "Spell Checker" in
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/tab_capacity/001_with_underscore.htm
including getting Firefox into edit mode with a bookmarklet so you can check
spelling on any page. A big help if you use notepad to create your web pages.
Swifty
> And what would you call 'one who poses'? And PLEASE don't give me the
> French word.
A "poser" of course. Strangely, I've never come across this use of the
word. A bit like Arthur Dent's house and the word "safe".
Swifty
> You missed the point. Swiftly knows that in his normal usage he
> would not use "poser" because the word wanted would almost always be
> "poster".
Just so. I also remove words like f*ck�, because I use my PC for
business, and cannot imagine ever using that word, but I *did*
accidentally type it recently.
� As in "feckless"
Swifty
> This is getting OT but you are luckier than I am if the .EXC file works
> reliably for you ... Here, it is totally unreliable.
See http://swiftys.org.uk/images/poser.gif
So far, so good (as the man passing the 40th floor of the Empire State
Building was heard to say�)
I had heard that it was fragile, so I don't tax it much.
Terry R.
> Ron Hunter wrote:
>> NO spell-checker can tell what you meant, and that is a 'poser'. Grin.
>
> Not quite 100% true. Word 2003 (the version I have) allows you to remove
> words from the standard dictionary (by creating an exception dictionary)
> and I've used this to mark "poser" as a spelling mistake. It's never
> been wrong to date.
>
WordPerfect allows the same.
Terry R.
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fail to include words that are 'computer jargon', such as 'uninstall',
and even names of common programs, like Photoshop.
Joy Beeson
wrote:
> I have always been amused that common computerized dictionaries often
> fail to include words that are 'computer jargon', such as 'uninstall',
> and even names of common programs, like Photoshop.
And it's a rare program that has its own name in its spelling
dictionary.
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