RE: Dictionary

["Glenn Crouch - ESB" <address@hidden>]

> Is there a list anywhere of the specialist dictionaries that
> are available?
> I'm particularly interested in Latin names for
> plants/animals, medical terms
> and bio-chemical terms.

D C Al Coda http://www.dcalcoda.com has some specialised lists and will
probably release A3 versions. Ken Hale from there is heavily involved in
Addict 3 :)

We are happy to provide more dictionaries whenever we can find reliable,
free word lists :)

> If there's nothing currently available, I would be happy to make mine
> available when it's "finished"  --  it's currently in a
> neanderthal state,
> and a real chore to keep updating ;)

The new Technical Dictionary that we've put online still needs more work -
it is based on my old ESBMaths Dictionary plus extra Computing terms and
Internet terms. I will be working on adding more Computer Companies and more
Scientific terms to it.

So even "neanderthal" versions can be useful :) With PlusPack, Addictive is
considering adding tools to make word lists and thus dictionaries easier...

> BTW:  Like you, I guess I will always spell "color" as
> "colour" and use
> "-ise" instead of "-ize" in my personal communications, but I
> decided a
> couple of years ago to use american spellings in my help files.  Not a
> single complaint from Aussies or Brits  --  I suspect that's
> one of the
> outcomes of globalis(z)ation!

Yes - but you do get complaints the other way at times - thus your approach
is probably best :)

Glenn Crouch mailto:address@hidden
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