Re: [OOo-Hebrew] Spell checker on Windows

On 9/14/06, Uri Bruck <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nadav Har'El wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 13, 2006, Yitzchak Gale wrote about "Re: [OOo-Hebrew] Spell checker on Windows":
> >
> >> Of course, part of the problem is that many wordsdo not have a universally
> >> accepted "correct"spelling in the sense that people would considerother
> >> variants as "wrong". There are different styles,and it is not the job of a
> >> spelling checker to enforceone of them.
> >>
> >
> > I think I don't agree with you on the job of the spell-checker, and I'd like
> > to solicit opinions on this from other people as well.
> >
> I agree with Nadav on this point.
> >
> >
> > Another thing to ponder is why we Israelis have come to accept the situation
> > that in any other language we know, each word (with very few exceptions)
> > has one accepted spelling, and in Hebrew, we have one accepted spelling with
> > niqqud - but when it comes to the way we normally spell - without niqqud -
> > suddenly there is no "accepted" spelling, even though the Academia, and
> > recent Hebrew dictionaries, all have a spelling standard.
> >
> Many publishers have their own variant of rules for "ktiv maleh."
> It's very common for an editor to receive "the House ktiv maleh rules"
> from a publisher when he does his first job for them.
> So Yitzchak's notion of "common usage vs. Academia" is a misconception.
> Different publishers deviate from the Academia standard in subtly
> different ways. Usually minor. The Academia standard is the one that has
> a linguistic foundation.

And the authority. The buck has to stop somewhere.

> So one might provide an alternative dictionary according to a specific
> publisher's standard. I don't think that's as useful as hspell's current
> policy.
>
> Inconsistencies within the same publication are just editing errors.
>
>
> >
> > If we do this survey by word classes, i.e., make one consistent decision for
> > all words like גנבה, שרפה, etc., then we end up exactly with "rules". This
> > is what the Academia did. And like I said, most of their rules are actually
> > followed by every modern spell-checker and dictionary - only very few of
> > their rules (especially the one regarding kamats katan) is disputed.
> >
>
> This is consistent with my experience.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Uri
> http://translation.israel.net
>
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