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dhenderson
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I wasn't aware that speed was a particular problem in online dictionaries, but someone apparently thought it was worth the effort to develop a faster one.
Dan
I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
You're right. It isn't that fast. And the dictionary content is from WordNet, which is used all over the Internet. What we really need is *new* dictionary content, not a faster dictionary.
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What we need is a dictionary that has only words that literate English speakers are likely to need to look up.
Take a large dictionary (200k words?) and subtract all the words that are in an abridged, pocket, dictionary (80k words?)
Viola! A single-volume (or smaller file for a PDA/ereader) dictionary without all the common words that rarely get looked up!
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