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diff --git a/office/hunspell-en/README b/office/hunspell-en/README index bd7a5198bb..83348c76d6 100644 --- a/office/hunspell-en/README +++ b/office/hunspell-en/README @@ -1 +1,10 @@ -English hunspell dictionaries +In this package are five dictionaries of English usage - Australian, +Canadian, United States, and two forms of British English. + +The reason I've included two forms of British English dictionaries are: +1. The -ise suffix is more commonly used by British speakers and all +other forms such as en_DK, en_IE, en_IN, etc are symbolic links to +en_GB-ise. +2. the en_GB-ize/en_GB-oxendict which uses the -ize suffix is known +as Oxford English Dictionary Spelling and is generally favored for +academic, formal, and technical writing. |