Re: [aspell] Re: aspell RPMS and dictionaries available

[Kevin Atkinson]

On 19 Jun 2000, Remi VANICAT wrote:

> Kevin Atkinson <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Kenneth Christiansen wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > > Yes, I said aspell "can" due without which means not using the 
> > > > soundslike
> > > > table is an option that is set in the language data file.  Unfortunately
> > > > for the Danish language you will still have to put up with a huge
> > > > dictionary file.
> > > 
> > > Ok, I see. That is good. Then we danes just have to live with that. Are
> > > there more languages with the same problem, that you know of?
> > > It would be nice to know how big this problem is.
> > 
> > The sum of the information I know is at the bottom of
> > http://aspell.sourceforge.net/international/.
> 
> i believe that French have the same problem: the spelling isn't
> phonetic, and there is a lot of affix rule...

Another issue is the actual number of base words used in the word
list.  The French Aspell dictionary is only 6 MB while the Danish is 23!.

-- 
Kevin Atkinson
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