Re: Constructed Origins
From: Bill Bonde ( ``Soli Deo Gloria'' ) (stderr2_at_backpacker.com)
Date: 08/17/04
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:25:57 -0700
Prai Jei wrote:
>
> Peter T. Daniels (or somebody else of the same name) wrote thusly in message
> <411D3116.3103@worldnet.att.net>:
>
> > MSWord offers both American and British dictionaries. (The latter didn't
> > come with Word2001; I didn't investigate whether it's a free download or
> > an add-on purchase. The latter seems more likely.)
>
> The beauty of WP v5.2 was that, not only the dictionary, thesaurus and style
> checker were in UK English, but so were the manuals, the messages within
> the program, and the keyboard overlay, e.g. ShiftF7 correctly labelled
> "centre". *That* is what I mean by a full UK edition of the program.
>
Good grief. I'd just be thankful for a dictionary and be done with it.
> (One slight blemish - the American word "disk" was still used throughout.)
>
Why not appreciate the use of 'disk' and 'disc' in their various
separate uses?
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