US English Spell Checking Dictionaryby Mini-GeekAn English US (en_US, US English) dictionary for OOo 3 License: notspecified Further product information: Product details
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DICTIONARY
CAN I HAVE IN INDONESIAN DICTIONARY FOR MY CHILD IN THE APPLICATION OOo4Kids. Thank's
Description US dictionary extension
Hello,
Thank you for this hard work!
The description does not mention which wordlist is used to compile this dictionary or who to contact when one would find words to be updated.
The description is yet a bit limited. Who can I contact for more information?
Can I contribute with writing a description?
PS: it seems that everyone knows what 'American English' or 'US English' generally refers to. So perhaps it does it exists, although there is not official institute that maintains the rights to define what it is and what it is not.
Thank you!
Michael
Ha! This debate is hilarious...
...especially considering the fact that there IS NO single "correct" form of U.S. English - the U.S. government, unlike those of many European countries, does not legislate the proper use of its language (in fact, U.S. English isn't even its language, as we have no official language; legislative documents are just as valid in Aramaic, for example, as they are in English). "Correct" usage in U.S. English is determined independently by anyone who can get his/her dictionary/grammar guide published and widely accepted (though the - currently - major players in the field tend to base their definitions on trends in institutional academic writing, listing "incorrect" common usage as slang, neologism, colloquialism, vernacular, etc.). I make up new words all the time using extant morphemes, and they're perfectly correct as long as my audience (in my case usually my professors, but occasionally the public at large) accepts them as such. Sorry to all of you linguistic prescriptionists out there, but the increasingly rapid pace of information transfer is paralleled by an increasingly rapid pace of language-shift. This topic, like so many highly politically-charged topics, is moot, since "correctness" is ultimately determined by intelligibility, and intelligibility is by definition governed by usage.
As an interesting side note, the word "moot" originally meant "subject to debate" but now most commonly means "irrelevant to practice". I find this of interest because that which is most-subject to debate is often that which has direct implication on practical matters.
Anyway, as an adopted ISO code, en_US is probably most correct.
constitution
You studied linguistics didn't you. Look, most people who come to this site don't know the jargon of someone with a Linguistics degree or someone who listens to John McWharter. English is a continum of dialects, as most languages are. The fact that we have a US English spell checker to suggest corrections for the way words are most commonly and acceptably spelled in the United States is good for those users. I could just as easily publish a "more correct" IPA spell checker to force people to spell the way the actually sound that that would not be useful.
As far as some states go, there are some with English as the "official" language but at the Federal Level there can never be an "official" language because of the First Amendment, and really that is a good thing. The day may come when most "Americans" no longer speak English. (I am pulling for Houma myself but French or Spanish would do just as well.) Freedom of Speech, which originally was intended as the freedom to speak the TRUTH, now just means the freedom to lie as much as you want and actually speaking the truth in the US is considered hate speech. (as in you can't say that murder is murder because the person who did is it a poor teenage girl). If the US has any integrity at all then it needs to realize that Freedom of Speech also was intended to mean the Freedom to Speak whatever Language you want. Just read the Federalist Papers and it says so right there.
It can not be denied that the various English speakers around the world have pushed the language almost to the point of being different languages that are unintelligible to each other. That is normal. English is a funny language anyway. It shows signs of having had a huge group of Semitic pidgin speakers at one point, then is went through Grimms Law and then it dropped Gender markers and declensions. The funniest thing is that it picked up "do support", probably from a Celtic language. This makes English a very interesting language, but also a very difficult language and one that is ill suited for the International standard as it is well on its way to meltdown and fracture. But again that is normal. English will not be the dominate language for much longer. Something else will come along and take English's place the same as English displaced French, French displaced Latin, and Latin displaced Greek, which it self had displaced Syriac. Lingua Francas come and go so please no tears when it is English's turn to fall. That is just par for the course as we move into the future.
I just hope it isn't Chinese that comes next, that is a really hard language to learn. And just think, Manderin is the "easy" language in China compared to Cantanese.
Actually
Actually, we do have a national language, and it is English. No, I am not just spouting uneducated nonsense, they voted it in last year or the year before. :P Prior to that the only official language on any books was actually German. :P
As for proper, that varries from generation to generation. Not sure I can argue against your point there. ^^;;
Where's the British English dictionary for OOo 3.0?
I came across this US English dictionary in the search for extensions. I also came across an Australian dictionary. But where's the British English dictionary? Does one exist for OOo 3.0?
I haven't tried this US dictionary yet; does it include British?
There's a distribution of the OED up
It's ported from the previous version
No, this US dictionary
No, this US dictionary doesn't include British English. I don't know if one exists yet.
Thanks!
I've been searching for it about 2 hours. Finally, i was about to give up but i've found this link. Thanks a lot!
Great dictionary! Thanks!!
Great dictionary! Thanks!!
this doesn't work
it doesn't work don't download
American English
There is no such thing as American English. It's just English!
Re: American English
Well, sorry to disagree with you, but there is. It's a dialect of English. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English
If someone had the wrong dialect installed, things like color/colour could be wrong for where they live (e.g. this says colour is wrong and suggests color, so for a British person it would incorrectly tell him colour is wrong every time he types it).
Quite right
English is the language of England, the country of my birth and heritage.
Leaving aside the growing dominance of Spanish, 'American English' is that which can it be argued hardly exists as 'America' is a continent, not a country. Perhaps calling your bastardisation of my language 'USA English' might help, leaving plain 'English' to refer to my language?
This is why
hey English guy, for your information, the Bri'ish island is more than just England. You do have those other places outside your boarders or didn't you know.
Don't you realize that comments like this are exactly why people don't like you guys with your "English Only" stuff that makes you come off as Racist. But, yah you can have English if you want it. I don't speak English, though that is what others want to call it. I speak a much better Language, a decent language. I also happen to speak a second language that kinda sounds like the language on you little island there but you don't own it, you don't control it and for that matter why would you even come here to the US-EN spell checker page to flame! Obviously it is not your language so just stay away and do your own thing.
I will say this though, it will be funny when most a the US speaks Spanish and support for English services and the prominence of English goes down in the world. These things are only propped up by the US economy and if that Economy abandons "English" then your little island will no longer benefit from all the work done in the New World for free. You all will have to start to pay your own way to develop your own language tools and no one will want to learn your language anymore, which will have an effect on your economy. But that is ok, it is fair and it is what you appear to want. Personally, I can't wait for Spanish to take over, then people will go to live in Spain of their "learning abroad" trips. That suites me fine.
Unbelievable!
Clearly, "Englishman" has no idea what he is talking about.
I'm a linguist, and for more than 50 years now, American English has been considered one of the official standard varieties of the English language - among British English, Australian English, South African English, etc.
American English is not just a "slang" version of the English language, but it is a separate and official dialect of English! Language shift is the keyword here. British English has changed a lot as well since 1776! However, I don't wanna bore you with linguistic details here, as you seem to have a fixed (though not informed) "opinion" about this matter.
Oh, and don't even start! I'm neither American, nor English, so I'm not subjective here. Just seeing this from a scientist's point of view.
Some are still upset, since 1776
In reply to:"English is the language of England, the country of my birth and heritage.
Leaving aside the growing dominance of Spanish, 'American English' is that which can it be argued hardly exists as 'America' is a continent, not a country. Perhaps calling your bastardisation of my language 'USA English' might help, leaving plain 'English' to refer to my language?"
Reply: I am an American, Born on the "North American" Continent, and in the Country of "The United States of America" also known around the world as "America." The proper name for our language is "American English" and here in the U.S.A (America), we refer to your language as "British English," when being polite. The only "Bastardization " is your incorrect twist referencing our country and the continent. The Continent America is actually the "America's" which are North and South America. And when people speak of going to "America" it is "The United States of America." Mini_Geek is correct before changing the name, although en_US is okay too. If it titled "English" only, then American's and Britain's would mistaken it for their own language. I gather some British are still upset since 1776.
Doc_America
Response to: America, Americas, USA
I felt it better to reply within my own post to others' comments mainly because it makes it easier to follow.
America, America's, USA
Haddock States:
“Well, I don't know about the dictionary, but the geography of Doc_America is quite incorrect.”
Doc's Reply:
Oh really! But I will agree with Haddock's affirmation that he “don't know about the dictionary.” He reaffirms this later by saying, “As far as I know...” He is going on his own limited knowledge here now, and I will explain later, but let's continue.
Haddock States:
“The continent of North America includes many countries. “
Doc Replies:
Well, Haddock must not have read any further then my beginning comment of “I am an American, Born on the "North American" Continent, ...” He must have stopped short of reading the complete sentence before commenting, because if he did read further, he would have read a more completed thought further in the sentence, which was “... and in the Country of "The United States of America..." So that statement clearly suggests other countries are in the North American Continent, since I specified my country and had not stopped short like he did, I was precise, and concise. Haddock would have to had agreed I was correct in my geography, but instead he stated I was “quite incorrect .” Now why would he do that? He wants to twist a correct statement of mine, and try to make it appear as incorrect, or muddied, so that his argument will seem correct. Here watch...
Haddock States:
“As far as I know very few people (outside the USA) use "America" to refer to the United States of America, as the canadian* (Canadian*) guy pointed out. And, when they do, is linguistically incorrect.”
Doc Replies:
According to Webster's Dictionary it is not “linguistically incorrect.” As a matter of fact, this is what Webster states-
Main Entry: Amer·i·ca
Pronunciation: \ə-ˈmer-ə-kə, -ˈme-rə-\
Function: geographical name
1 either continent (North America or S. America) of the western hemisphere
2or the Amer·i·cas \-kəz\ the lands of the western hemisphere including North, Central, & S. America & the West Indies
3 united states of america
The key to any argument is in being precise and concise, which Haddock is not, but I am. This is why I utilized the words Americas (although I misspelled by placing an apostrophe in it ), America, The United States of America, U.S.A., North American Continents. If one is asked or offers information on where one is going they are not going to be obscure and say America, when they are going to Mexico; However, they will say America meaning The United United States of America just because it is less of a mouthful to say, especially for those that are foreign and do not speak American English.
Haddock rambles on:
“Probably the root of the question is the English language not having a specific name for the inhabitants of the USA, as there are for most countries (France/French, Spain/Spaniard, Canada/Canadian, etc). There is no "unitedstatesan", or something like that. But there is in Spanish ("estadounidense"). “
Doc replies:
First off, Inhabitants are not necessarily citizens of that country they can be visitors from else where, so I believe Haddock meant to say "Citizens" and not "inhabitants of the U.S.A." There is, and Webster's has a word for it's citizens, the word is “Americans.” (Chuckling) That had to be the root of Haddock's question, yet it is in the dictionary, but that's right... I remember now... Haddock did say, “Well, I don't know about the dictionary.”
Again, I re-affirm that Mini-Geek was correct in using “American English” in the Global sense (because in America we refer to the American language as English rather then American English unless on a global scale) before changing it to “Us_English” to satisfy the political incorrect pressure from some. I offer facts from Webster:
Main Entry: American English
Function: noun
Date: 1805
: the English language as spoken in the United States —used especially with the implication that it is clearly distinguishable from British English yet not so divergent as to be a separate language
What does Webster have to say about US_English? No entries found. It does not exist; However, “American English exists. If it were I, I would change it back to American English just to get their goats. (slang use of goats) :-)
All these self-proclaimed linguistics should have gotten this, too. One other thought, I would not use wikipedia.org as a credible source because it is often written by those without proper knowledge, can be changed, and often is not checked for accuracy.
Some have typed about how languages change over time, and Mexican Spanish growing in the U.SA., and how American English is not proclaimed the official language of the U.S.A. Well, to keep this short
and because it has nothing to do with this debate, I'll just say say it this way...
1- languages change over time: It has nothing to do with this debate. That's dialect, but if it changes to much then it's not a language, let alone the one it supposedly derived from take Ebonics, it's not even considered American English, let alone a language.
2- Mexican Spanish growing in the U.S.A., and American English is not proclaimed the official language of the U.S.A. :
Again, nothing to do with this debate, but American English is the defacto language in government and by it's citizens. Even though it's not law, However, all legal matter is in American English, and considered the first language. Spanish in some states heavily populated by Mexicans have made Spanish a second language for legal documents. As for other languages here, that's because of all the foreigners fleeing their own countries for something better, but that's what built America, and explains why some countries hate us.
One last thought, American English is the official language used in business, around the world. The main reason is because it more concise and precise, than any other language in the world. It has more words to mean many different things, and even has words that other languages fail to have. In law and business one has to be precise and concise.
Sources:MLA Style
"America." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.
Merriam-Webster Online. 20 November 2009
MLA Style
"American English." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.
Merriam-Webster Online. 20 November 2009
MLA Style
"US_English." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.
Merriam-Webster Online. 20 November 2009
MLA Style
"American." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.
Merriam-Webster Online. 20 November 2009
America, America's, USA
Well, I don't know about the dictionary, but the geography of Doc_America is quite incorrect. The continent of North America includes many countries. As far as I know very few people (outside the USA) use "America" to refer to the United States of America, as the canadian guy pointed out. And, when they do, is linguistically incorrect. I think that many people from the USA assume that most everybody else do the same they do, which is not true. Probably the root of the question is the English language not having a specific name for the inhabitants of the USA, as there are for most countries (France/French, Spain/Spaniard, Canada/Canadian, etc). There is no "unitedstatesan", or something like that. But there is in Spanish ("estadounidense").
Cheers!
Cap. Haddock
name
I don't really think it's important what the extension is called, but since all you British people are complaining and the code for it is "en_US" anyway, I've renamed it to US English instead of American English.
English?
Mmmm, not all us British people are complaining. I'm very much English but I quite accept that "American" is generally accepted as refering to the USA, which may or may not please our Canadian, Mexican etc. friends but there you are.
There are many dialects of English, even in the UK (not to mention the living Celtic languages, Welsh and Gaelic ). I'm from Lancashire and use words like mither and nesh which are often not understood south of Watford.
We exported our language around the world just as American English is now being exported, by commerce and conquest. It's changed in these places by the influences of the people who where there and who are there now. English English has changed since 1776 just as American English has changed. American English is not a bastardisation any more than, for example, Australian English or Jamaican English are bastardisations, they are the results of the evolution of a living language into new languages. That's the way it goes.
Whether we English like it or not, American English is now the dominant form of the English language and if we English love our particular dialect then perhaps we should do more to protect it and nurture it rather than rail against it.
I'll now put my soap box away and go back to work.
Render Unto Caesar What Belongs To Caesar
Well said, Sharpie!
Yes, we must remember that this is an international field so etiquette becomes a first consideration.
Whether Americans call the English people's language "British English" is, to use the expression, neither here nor there. Australians also refer to their language as English and so relegating others to American English/US English or what have you. Singapore calls it's language Singlish and so others become Ameriglish/Ozziglish or what have you.
These are simply conveniences and are not important on this international field. No, what is important is copyright and while the word "Madonna" has been copyrighted, the English language is too old and too widespread to be copyrightable. However, we do owe a debt of gratitude to the English for their scintillating tongue.
So casually, Englanders speak English and formally, Englanders speak Queen's English (King's English when the son is crowned).
If we remember the language's origin (please, nobody bring up Germanic!), and refer to et al with some internationally sensitive and appropriate linguistic addition, there will be no more confusion. Otherwise, what will occur is just about what is occurring today where everyone who concerns himself asserts that his language and his alone is English!
Everybody please go back to your leaders and tell them this.
Me? I think I will learn Chinese (Mandarin) so as to be ready for when China becomes the next world power and we'll still be here debating American Chinese/US Chinese/Amerinese.
Remember etiquette. Remember copyright. Remember Obama grew up in Indonesia and may well lobby for Bahasa!
America / US
First I would like to thank Mini_Geek for the dictionary.
I am Canadian. Canada is part of North America but we definitely do not refer to ourselves as American. Do the British refer to themselves as European?
There really are very few differences between Canadian, British and US English. Americans spell a few words incorrectly, we have learned to live with it. :-)
What we need is a text messaging to any form English translation dictionary.
PIE
Luna_Fantasy1982 - As a Linguist - Perhaps you could have educated these individuals concerning the "evolution" of language according to PIE. That would clearly put an abrupt end to any further concerns regarding the legitimate differences in "every" modern language. Not to mention the fact that all "modern" languages will eventually mutate from their current form.