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Re: s/true/better name/
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From:
Luke Palmer
Date:
March 16, 2005 10:28
Subject:
Re: s/true/better name/
Message ID:
20050316183016.GA7258@navi.cx
Juerd writes:
> Nicholas Clark skribis 2005-03-15 17:53 (+0000):
> > On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 05:57:57PM +0100, Juerd wrote:
> > > And re its spelling, that's a very good feature, because it'll slowly
> > > teach me how to spell this word. And when I know how to spell it, I can
> > > use it on IRC without dict(1)ing to see if I remembered correctly. This
> > > will eventually save me hours! :)
> > One problem you may find with dict is that one common misspelling, "wether",
> > is also a valid English word, which any decent word list should contain.
> > (It's a castrated ram)
>
> Dict uses dictionaries, not just word lists. It outputs the
> definition(s), so this misspelling is easily detected.
>
> I know both words exists. I just can't manage to remember which one is
> which, and maybe Perl 6 can help me :)
Meany other hackers halve trouble remembering witch is witch to. I'm
all ways perfectly rite thou.
Luke
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