RE: New German dictionary problems

["Ken Hale" <address@hidden>]

Hi,

Thanks very much for your input.
 
That is why I posted to this list; hoping for a reply from someone
knowledgeable about the German language.

And thanks for your reply, Glenn; I agree with you.

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Magic Hands - Info [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 8:25 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: AW: New German dictionary problems

Hi Ken,

>>This dictionary is full of word fragments such as toc, dto, HO, No, geb,
eh, gem etc., which do not exist in the German language.

As it looks modern or hipp, we use more and more english words in germany.
But these abbreviations are not unknown in Germany:

dto = dito
geb = geborene (born)
gem = gemäß (related)

etc.

I think your user should learn german rather than Glenn should remove these
words ;-)

Kind regards

Magic Hands
Thomas Sauerland

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Ken Hale [mailto:address@hidden 
Gesendet: Montag, 17. Januar 2005 22:40
An: address@hidden
Betreff: New German dictionary problems

Hi,

A user has submitted the following report about the New German spelling
dictionary.

" there seems to be a problem with the New German dictionary. This
dictionary is full of word fragments such as toc, dto, HO, No, geb, eh, gem
etc., which do not exist in the German language. Unfortunately, this creates
problems during the proofreading process because small sections of words are
marked incorrect although they are ok."

"Many uninterrupted words, for example "Produktionsminimum" are highlighted
during the spell check as Produk  tions  minimum instead of highlighting the
whole word. This makes it impossible for me to add this new term to the word
list."

I notice the dictionary has not been updated since 2001. Is Rainer Nausedat
available to make some changes? I am not sure, however, I may be able to
send the word list to the user. Would this be OK to do?

Thanks, Ken