Re: Profanity suppression in Aspell

Yes, that would work for me.

I think they have something like this in Hunspell.

On 5/16/06, Jose Da Silva <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On May 16, 2006 09:35 am, Ethan Bradford wrote:
> > What do you think about adding profanity suppression to Aspell as an
> > auxiliary file?  By adding an additional file of profanity, we can
> > make Aspell recognize correctly spelled profanity and not flag it,
> > while avoiding giving profanity in the suggestion list.  I consider
> > this ideal in that it doesn't get in the way of somebody who wants to
> > use profanity, but it avoids pushing it in somebody else's face.
>
> Appears what you describe is similar to a slang dictionary, but in this
> case, you mean a slang word list, unless you want to stick with calling
> it a profanity dictionary (or wordlist).
>
> > It would allow sites to customize the level of suppression to match
> > local sensibilities without risky direct modification of the word
> > list.
>
> Sort of like keeping a separate medical term, or technical, or separate
> scientific term dictionary.
>
> > The big downside is the complexity.  We would also not help correct
> > true spelling errors in profanity, but if you're using profanity
> > anyhow, then the formality level of your writing is so low that
> > spelling errors are accepted and even encourgaged.
>
> Instead of merging dictionaries, you might want to keep them separate.
>
> You have your normal dictionary (or dictionaries) and you have your
> slang dictionary (used for checking, but excluded from suggesting
> words). Check both dictionaries for spelling, but exclude the slang
> dictionary when doing suggestions.
>
>
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