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- This dictionary was based on the en_GB Myspell dictionary
- which in turn was initially based on a subset of the
- original English wordlist created by Kevin Atkinson for
- Pspell and Aspell and thus is covered by his original
- LGPL licence.
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- The credit for this en_AU dictionary goes to:
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- Kelvin Eldridge (maintainer)
- Jean Hollis Weber
- David Wilson
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- - Words incorrect in Australian English removed
- - a list from the previously removed words with corrected spelling was added
- - a list of major rivers was added
- - a list of place names was added
- - a list of Australian mammals was added
- - a list of Aboriginal/Koori words commonly used was added
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- A total of 119,267 words are now recognized
- by the dictionary.
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- Of course, special thanks go to the editors of the
- en_GB dictionary (David Bartlett, Brian Kelk and
- Andrew Brown) which provided the starting point
- for this dictionary.
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- The affix file is currently a duplicate of the en_AU.aff
- created completely from scratch by David Bartlett and
- Andrew Brown, based on the published
- rules for MySpell and is also provided under the LGPL.
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- If you find omissions or bugs or have new words to
- add to the dictionary, please contact the en_AU
- maintainer at:
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- "Kelvin" <audictionary@onlineconnections.com.au>
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