Re: [aspell-devel] changes to the beginnings of words

[Kevin Atkinson]

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Jim Killock wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I'm making a preliminary (and not very teccie) enquiry into a specific 
> need for six languages that is not currently supported in Aspell.
> 
> This is mutations - in Welsh, Gaelic, Scots Gaelic, Manx, Cornish and 
> Breton the *first letter* of many words changes according to context.
> 
> At the moment the Breton and Welsh Aspell dictionaries list all these
> words in all their states ie
> 
> Cymraeg, Gymraeg, Chymraeg. Nghymraeg
> 
> etc.
> 
> Algorithms exist to make these comparisons and even to do this 
> according to grammatical context.
> 
> I'm wondering how much work (for someone competent) it would be to add 
> to Aspell the ability to make these comparisons properly?

It should be possible but it will take some redesigning of Aspell
architecture because right now it only looks at the current word when
spell checking.

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