Michael Heidemann Wrote:3)
Based on the current comments on this part (http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cg...47326c.dat) further documented in the thread http://forums.ldraw.org/showthread.php?t...0#pid11690 I think it might be worth to implement a basic language check for at least some common wrongly used words like "color vs. colour", "gray vs. grey". The words to check should be in a separate file, so we can easily extend the list of words. (Already coded in my develop version).
Edit:
I did not know that it is sooo different: http://www.statsci.org/smyth/ozus.html. There are still more pages about this issue so maybe we need a complete dictionary in australian english that I should use in DATHeader.
Note that the article you link to isn't entirely correct. Some of it is "old UK/Aus English" rather than modern Aus English and some of it is the authors preference (e.g. I bet every Australian knows and might use 'fender') and some of it is either regional or wrong (e.g. no-one in my part of Aus would say 'potato crisps'). I do not recommend using that list
Here are some words most likely to appear in LDraw parts and that are likely to be incorrect Aus English:
Quote:color/colour
gray/grey
gas/petrol
mailman/postman
cookie/biscuit
*or/*our [we do use 'or' on a few words too... it's probably worth flagging rather than changing those words]
*ize/*ise [we do use 'ize' on a few words too... it's probably worth flagging rather than changing those words]
There's also words like encyclop[æ/ae/e]dia which I've seen spelled in both the old 'ae' way and with just an 'e'. I'd say leave those to the author.
Tim