English Australian Dictionary -2008.10.3

Extension:
English Australian Dictionary
Extension ID:
org.openoffice.en_AU.hunspell.dictionaries
Release date:
03/10/2008 - 01:46
Version:
2008.10.3
Operating system:
System Independent
Compatibility:
3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Binary type:
OOo extension (.oxt)
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Release Notes: 

An Australian spell check English dictionary.

It also includes the US English thesaurus and the GB English hyphenation dictionary.

Changes in this version:

  • The Australian English word list has been expanded by merging in the words from the latest en_GB dictionary, new words have been added from publicly available new word lists.
  • Some words from New Zealand English added.
  • The word list has been expanded by merging in the words from the latest en_GB dictionary, new words have been added from publicly available new word lists.
  • More Australianisms have been added like 'drongo, truckie, chunder'.
  • Some taboo words have marked so that they do not to show up in the suggested spellings options.
  • Some contractions like how'll, how've, where'll, here've, why'd, why'll or why've are now recognized.
  • Phonetic spelling suggestions have been improved by copying the Phonetic definitions from the en_US and en_GB dictionaries.

Some of the phonetic spelling settings may not be so appropriate for Australian English I would like to hear about suggested improvements.