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>>>>> On 25 Sep 1998 04:32:58 -0700, SL Baur <steve@xemacs.org> said:

sb> I didn't think a dictionary was included with ispell.

It does.  (you have to get it separately), but if you've ever
installed it it asks you which dictionary you want to use 'small
medium large...'.  They add in /usr/dict/words as well, but thats not
the dictionary they start with.

sb> For American English you probably ought to install the
sb> copyright-expired/now-public domain Webster's dictionary.  If I
sb> M-$ on pterodactyl, ispell says it is correct.

Cool.  Where can I get it from?

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