Now you can add your own version of any word to the dictionary. Spelled it wrong? Just add it and the spell checker will not query it again.
I really do not believe what I was just told in an email from Triond. It seems that a new dictionary has been introduced within the online submitter software.
I completed an article which contained photographs and the corresponding photographer’s names. Many of these are foreign names and spellings that I will never have need of, or even come across again. The rest of the article was carefully spell checked and proof read as usual.
Within a couple of minutes of submitting the work, I received a ‘declined’ notice and the reason given was ‘too many spelling errors’. It is the first time I have ever received one of those.
That immediately put in the illiterate, ‘let’s bung something on Triond and earn a few cents’ category (no attention to detail, spelling is not important.)
I was not pleased but I wrote a polite email asking for this to be reconsidered and I received a reply saying that I should add the words to my spellchecker and then resubmit.
This worried me greatly. I was being asked to add foreign names to my spellchecker and it was accepting them.
Then I started to think about this.
If I was a very bad speller and my mistakes were hi-lighted in yellow as wrongly spelled, or not recognised, all I would need to do is to add them. So, any spelling of any word can be added if it isn’t recognised. The potential is enormous; I can create a whole new written form of English. I just need to add it.
This has the potential to be catastrophic for anyone who is a really bad speller. They will find that the checker no longer queries their mistakes as it has them in its dictionary.
Many years ago I recall my son who was a very bad speller, adding any word that was queried to the spell checker in Word. He added so many variations of some words that the spell checker became totally useless.
There is the potential for a completely new version of written English here and the ability to add words to the dictionary will not help those who really struggle with their spelling…
May 29th, 2009 at 8:16 am
I have encountered problems before when submitting articles with foreign words and names – it is an issue well worth raising x
May 29th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Yes, maam. That’s right.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Good article. A lot of writer’s have been complaining about this same problem. well done.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:59 am
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May 29th, 2009 at 10:03 am
This has not happened to me – i mean i have written articles with Indian names/words. They were highlighted in yellow, but i did’nt have to add it to dictionary to gain acceptance from Triond.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:39 am
An interesting point raised here Louie. I think it is a disgrace!
So it now means that Triond could become a laughing stock, it will be recognised as allowing inferior work onto the Internet.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:47 am
i had trained my computer accordingly
May 29th, 2009 at 10:54 am
corrected version
I fink yon raised sum good point hear. Well Dun Loopy Jerome Eye fink the Trion head-hitters should take notice.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:54 am
It seems to me that there are different rules for different people as often seems to be the case here. I explained that the words were not spelling erors,just foreign names but I was still told I had to add them to my dictionary. I wonder if the sender of the email knew what a dictionary really is!
I was really annoyed and it is not often that I get aggravated that way.
Chris, I hope you added all those words to your dictionary so that Triond will not tell you that you have made spelling errors.
If they combine all the words that writers add, regardless of spelling, they will be the owners of the Great Triond Dictionary and a laughing stock for all.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:04 am
an important point raise here. I too was a victim of this circumstances but I admit i’m a bad speller.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Well done Louie. I agree with you Louie. I don’t think adding incorrect words will help anyone who is trying to improve their reading skills either. Someone who is trying to learn how to read and write the English language will have so much trouble if it’s that easy to allow incorrect spellings into our articles.
May 29th, 2009 at 11:30 am
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May 29th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Very informative..
May 29th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Errors are sometimes inevitable. Just try to minimize them.
May 29th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Hi Louie, how are you?
Yeah, I agree with you: it doesn’t make much sense to me for triond to do that.
May 29th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Names on my articles always seem to be highlighted.
May 29th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Thank you, Louie. This is quite an eye opener, I didn’t realise that words could be added to Triond’s dictionary. It is only fifteen minutes ago since I was juggling with the dreaded highlighted words in an article that I have just submitted. It’s really galling when you know that you are right and whatever you do Mr Spellchecker still reckons that you are lying.
May 29th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
This is a great awareness–shuld eny uf us fallter in are spleeling, then we shuld blahme it on are missyoos of softwear that wus intenended two get us all on the intranent qwicker and eezeer.
Kidding aside…this was an important insert into the writing community…I, again, applaud your continued efforts.
May 29th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Weeellllll….does this mean I need to stop adding Ozarkian to the dictionary? It doesn’t seem to recognize certain specialized words such as “Whup” and “Ornery”. (Hehe…!)
May 29th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Thanks Louie
Inna
May 30th, 2009 at 7:05 am
Very interesting Louie I find that sometimes words are used in my articles such as names and places that come back as spelling errors which are not. I find it very frustrating. I mess up sometimes due to being a Newfoundlander where we have our own way of speaking and writing. I always have to be careful with my words. Great article
May 30th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
yea…that’s not good… It’ll get harder to read english eventually if that is what everyone is doing…
May 31st, 2009 at 1:46 pm
This is news to me. I didn’t even know there was a Triond dictionary, but I agree with you Louie, it does sound ridiculous.
Christine
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Louie, this bothers me too. I have noticed when I put in an unusual name spell check will tell me to add it to the dictionary.It seems to me you can really foul up the dictionary by doing that.