00125425%YSUB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu (12/15/90)
Can anyone please tell me where I can find a dictionary of English words?
In saying 'dictionary' all I realy need is a large list of properly spelled
words. It must be in ASCII format(text), and anonymous FTP would work best
for me.
Thanks in advance
Vince
00125425 at YSUB.BITNET
00125425 at YSUB.YSU.EDUnews@j.cc.purdue.edu (Usenet news) (12/16/90)
stored in electronic form for free distribution. There are a lot of commercial dictionary programs available. If you want it just for personal use, you might consider by one of these programs. If you want to use for commercial purpose, you need to contact the pulisher, in which case, they will provide the dictionary in electronic form under certain agreement. From: zhou@brazil.psych.purdue.edu (Albert Zhou) Path: brazil.psych.purdue.edu!zhou
peters@yang.earlham.edu (12/17/90)
In article <25272@adm.brl.mil>, 00125425%YSUB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu writes: > Can anyone please tell me where I can find a dictionary of English words? > In saying 'dictionary' all I realy need is a large list of properly spelled > words. It must be in ASCII format(text), and anonymous FTP would work best > for me. Public Brand Software in Indianapolis sells two such 'dictionaries', one large and one small. The small one contains 60,000 words; the disk is number RD2.1. The large one contains 233,622 words on three disks, numbered RD1a.3 - RD1c.3. The large dictionary forms a 2.7 Mbyte ASCII file; the words are in alphabetical order, one per line, in lower case. Both dictionaries are shareware. Expect to pay Public Brand Software $5 per disk, plus $5 shipping, and the author's shareware registration fee. Contract Public Brand Software at 1-800-426-DISK; in Indiana 1-800-727-3476; and in Indianapolis 317-856-7571. Good luck. Peter Suber, Depts. of Philosophy, Computer Science; Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana 47374. 317-983-1214. peters@earlham.bitnet.
MRH100S@ODUVM.BITNET (12/20/90)
I have recently downloaded several spell checkers from SIMTEL20, and they have word lists in them, in ASCII format. Look in PD1:<MSDOS.TXTUTL> for: CSPELLA.ARC CSPELLSRC.ARC EZSPELL.ARC LSPELLA.ARC LSPELLSRC.ARC SPEL204.ARC SPELLR20.ARC TSPELL23.ZIP You may want to merge these files together, as some words are in one and not in the other. Also, note that some derived forms of words are left out (for example, "ache" might be in the dictionary, but "aches" and "ached" might not). So caveat your emptor when using the lists: there may be gaping holes. Hope this helps!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt All opinions have been cut from my mrh100s@oduvm.bitnet employer's budget, so they must be mine. mrh100s@oduvm.cc.odu.edu