Tuesday, November 20, 2012

New site for The Preferred Australian English spellcheck dictionary

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Recently Google changed their algorithm which significantly impacted the position of the Australian English spellcheck dictionary in the Goo...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

Misogyny. Did the Prime Minister perhaps use the wrong word. Why did Macquarie dictionary say they were going to change the meaning?

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The word misogyny has certainly received a lot of airtime recently. I personally didn’t know what the word meant and when I ask others, they...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Australian dictionary online

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If you’re looking for a free online Australian dictionary, visit the Preferred Australian English dictionary page . Enter the word you wish ...

Reports from people they can't find the free Australian dictionary using Google

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Until recently over a thousand people a week were able to search for and find the only Australian dictionary which provided the  preferred A...
Monday, September 24, 2012

Are spellcheckers making invalid spelling suggestions? E.g. spell check for spellcheck.

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A flaw of nearly all modern programs which include a spellchecker, including Firefox, Google Chrome, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office and ot...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Favourite or Favorite?

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When using your browser you could be forgiven for thinking the spelling should be “favourite”. The problem is the user interface for a lot o...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Is it practice or practise?

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As I was driving to get onto the Greensborough ring road, I saw a billboard which had the statement, "PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT"....