-------- Original Message -------- From: Lisi Reisz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:49:34 +0100
> On Monday 01 September 2008 11:02:03 Dave Barton wrote: >> -------- Original Message -------- >> From: Benjamin Chasnov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:02:20 -0400 >> >>> While using Open Office, I noticed that the word "dialogue" is not >>> known by the spell checker; instead, it knows the less common >>> "dialog." I just thought you might want to know if you would like to >>> change this in the future. >> The spell checking of English words very much depends upon the >> dictionary version (eg. GB, CA, AU, NZ, ZA, US) installed and applied to >> a specific document, paragraph or word. > > I have the GB English dictionary installed on OOo. It accepts dialogue, and > flags dialog as a spelling error. > > Which dictionary would correctly use both spellings? > > The only other version of English whose spelling I have needed to know is US > English. When I went to a US school, admittedly a long time ago, the teacher > would only accept dialog as correct, so I have always thought of dialogue as > British and dialog as US, with them actually being incorrect the other way > around. > > Lisi The current Oxford dictionary lists 'dialogue' as the GB spelling and 'dialog' as a US alternative. My 1989 edition of Webster's dictionary lists 'dialogue' as the correct spelling, with a reference to 'dialog' as "Modern English". It would seem that with the coming of computers, the word 'dialog' has come into common usage to describe a form of "child" or "subordinate" windows. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
