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Ubuntu dictionary does not have the word Ubuntu in it. LOL

Bug #424405 reported by Gringras
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #63499: [MASTER] Firefox cannot spell Ubuntu. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-utils

That's it. One might expect the word ubuntu (and it's correct pronunciation) to be included within the very dictionary that comes with the Ubuntu OS.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-dictionary
Package: gnome-utils 2.26.0-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-utils
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic i686

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Gringras (gringras) wrote :
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Gringras (gringras) wrote :

What more can I say on the matter?

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the dictionary doesn't come from gnome-utils

affects: gnome-utils (Ubuntu) → ubuntu
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Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick) wrote :

I think what Sebastien means, and he can correct me if I am mistaken, is that although the Dictionary application does come from gnome-utils, the actual list of defined words comes from a DICT server, the default being dict.org. Thus, this isn't really a bug in gnome-utils, but rather a bug of a word being omitted in dict.org's dictionaries.

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Caspar Clemens Mierau (leitmedium) wrote :

I'd suggest closing this bug. The hint on a missing definition is correct, but it is a bug against Ubuntu that can only be solved by extending external ressources.

Changed in ubuntu:
status: New → Incomplete
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Caspar Clemens Mierau (leitmedium) wrote :

By "external ressources" I rather mean something comparable to a website instead of an upstream project.

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Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick) wrote :

Actually, if we really wanted to solve this, the best way would be for Ubuntu to set up their own DICT server that includes Ubuntu-specific words that are too specific for inclusion in a generic DICT server. This would cost a lot of overhead for a relatively simple problem though.

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Gringras (gringras) wrote : Re: Ubuntu dictionary does not have the word Ubuntu in it. LOL

Thank you for the many responses. Can we drop this now. I promise to
never make another comment.

Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick)
Changed in ubuntu:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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