On Mon 26 Mar 2018 at 23:18:05 (-0700), James Powell wrote: > I was referred here by reportbug, which says > > "If you don't know what package the bug is in, please contact > debian-user@lists.debian.org for assistance." > > I have a bug to report (see emails below) against /usr/share/dict but > I'm unable to identify the specific Debian package responsible for > this file. I looked at the source for wamerican and miscfiles and > there's no obvious route from that source to the actual dict file. > > > From: Geoff Kuenning <ge...@cs.hmc.edu> > > To: powe...@pdx.edu > > Subject: Re: Ispell bug: mystery word 'ans' (common misspelling of 'and') > > in words > > Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 19:48:51 -0700 > > > > I don't see it in my master dictionaries. Apparently it's crept > > into the Debian dictionary. "ANS" is a common acronym but I > > couldn't find a definition for it as a word. So I agree that it > > shouldn't be there, but unfortunately I don't know who the Debian > > maintainers are. > > > > > (This may be an emacs bug) > > > > > > System: linux > > > Version: Other > > > Conditions: > > > > > > > > > Description: > > > The words file in /usr/share/dict (which you may not maintain, > > > but I'm > > > at a loss to find the maintainer) in Debian 9 includes the > > > mystery > > > word 'ans'. This is a common misspelling of 'and' and isn't in > > > my > > > English dictionary, so I'll agitate for its removal. > > > > > > Thank you for your work on ispell.
Google scowl spell and you'll find where the wordlists are maintained: http://wordlist.aspell.net/contrib/ and an email address. I see "ans" only in the -huge and -insane variants. Cheers, David.
