#488234 aspell-en: "signalled" missing in american en_US aspell dict?

Package:
aspell-en
Source:
aspell-en
Submitter:
Agustin Martin
Date:
2011-08-02 16:15:08 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#488234#5
Date:
2008-06-27 09:32:15 UTC
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Hi, Brian,

Following this thread in emacs-devel,

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-06/msg01742.html

I notice that both forms 'signaled' and 'signalled' are allowed in ispell
american dict, as well as in all american wordlists, but only 'signaled' is
allowed in aspell en_US dict,

$ amd-test-missing-words signaled signalled
* Testing ispell english dicts:
  -  Missing in ibritish: signaled
  + iamerican: OK
* Testing aspell english dicts:
  -  Missing in british: signaled
  -  Missing in american: signalled
* Testing plain english wordlists (look):
  + american-english: OK
  + american-english-large: OK
  + american-english-small: OK
  + american-english-huge: OK
  -  Missing in british-english: signaled
  -  Missing in british-english-large: signaled
  -  Missing in british-english-small: signaled
  -  Missing in british-english-huge: signaled
  -  Missing in canadian-english: signaled
  -  Missing in canadian-english-large: signaled
  -  Missing in canadian-english-small: signaled
  -  Missing in canadian-english-huge: signaled

Not sure what is the right thing here, I am not a native English speaker,
but reporting in case this helps,
#488234#10
Date:
2010-12-10 10:40:45 UTC
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*** /tmp/tmpOZuICC
In Ubuntu, we've applied the attached patch to achieve the following:

  * debian/watch
   + error to download upstream tarball (Closes LP: #687483)
  * debian/extrawords.txt
   + adding proven (Closes: #232341)
   + adding signaled (Closes: #488234)
   + adding practice (Closes: #232341)
   + adding gauge (Closes: #369721)
  * debian/control
   + Give Brian Nelson to XSBC-Original-Maintainer
   + give Ubuntu MOTU to maintainer
   + per Debian Policy, put version number to 3.9.1

We thought you might be interested in doing the same.
#488234#15
Date:
2010-12-28 15:12:44 UTC
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Sorry for missing patch files
#488234#24
Date:
2011-08-02 16:10:57 UTC
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tag 488234 wontfix
thanks

"Signalled" is an unusual spelling to my eyes, so I think it's OK that
it's not accepted as a valid spelling in US English.  I'll reconsider
though if someone wants to argue that it should be consistent with the
ispell dictionaries.