British-English Dictionary (GB) Version History

28 versions

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Version 4.8 374.7 KiB

Version 4.8 (2024-08-18)

-- Additions to base word list: 657
-- Deletions from base word list: 149
-- This update includes the addition of several missing possessives

Version 4.7 374.7 KiB

Version 4.7 (2024-06-26)

-- Additions to base word list: 849
-- Deletions from base word list: 140

Version 4.6 374.7 KiB

Version 4.6 (2024-05-19)

-- Additions to base word list: 910
-- Deletions from base word list: 46
-- This update includes the addition of several missing possessives

Version 4.5 374.0 KiB

Version 4.5 (2024-04-30)

-- Additions to base word list: 2,179
-- Deletions from base word list: 92
-- Added new words from Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (March 2024)
-- Added several missing possessives

Version 4.4 371.2 KiB

Version 4.4

-- Additions to base word list: 1,207
-- Deletions from base word list: 65

Version 4.3 370.1 KiB

Version 4.3
-- Additions to base word list: 1,165
-- Deletions from base word list: 30

Version 4.2 369.2 KiB

Version 4.2
- Additions to base word list: 10,847
- Deletions from base word list: 43

Version 4.1 354.1 KiB

Version 4.1
- Additions to base word list: 22,260
- Deletions from base word list: 45
- Added new words from Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (September 2023)

Version 4.0 324.6 KiB

Version 4.0
-- Additions to base word list: 50,541
-- Additions to proper nouns scraped from various news sources
-- Additions include new words and possessives
-- Deletions from base word list: 204
-- Completed review and comparison of Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary (3rd Edition)

Version 3.1.3 252.8 KiB

Version 3.1.3
-- Additions to base word list: 2,132
-- Additions include new words, possessives and proper nouns
-- Deletions from base word list: 53
-- NOSUGGEST flags for "gollywog", "goddammit", "goddamnit", "goddamn", "goddam"

Version 3.1.2 250.2 KiB

Version 3.1.2

-- Additions to base word list: 1,717
-- Additions of mostly "-ing's"
-- Deletions from base word list: 651
-- Deletions include removal of all UK postcode prefixes

Version 3.1.1 248.4 KiB

Version 3.1.1

-- Additions to base word list: 729
-- Additions include new words, possessives and proper nouns
-- Deletions from base word list: 17

Version 3.1 246.9 KiB

Version 2023-05-13
-- Version 3.1.0 for British English Dictionary (Darmeth) extension for Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey
-- Additions to base word list: 1,026
-- Deletions from base word list: 26
-- Added new words from Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (March 2023)
-- Completed review and comparison of Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (8th Edition)
-- Removal of 3 words from NOSUGGEST.

For complete list of changes in this version, see CHANGELOG : https://github.com/cybrkyd/british-english-language-tools/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

Version 3.0.7 245.5 KiB

Version 3.0.7 for British English Dictionary (Darmeth) extension for Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey

-- Additions to base word list: 2,127
-- Additions include new words, possessives and proper nouns
-- Deletions from base word list: 90

Version 3.0.6 242.9 KiB

2023-03-07
-- Version 3.0.6 for British English Dictionary (Darmeth) extension for Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey
-- Additions to base word list: 4,224
-- Deletions from base word list: 70

Version 3.0.5 237.3 KiB

Version 3.0.5 for British English Dictionary (Darmeth) extension for Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey

-- Additions to base word list: 2,158
-- Additions include new words, possessives and proper nouns
-- Deletions from base word list: 21

Version 3.0.4 232.3 KiB

Version 2023-02-05
- Version 3.0.4 for British English Dictionary (Darmeth) extension for Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey
- Additions to base word list: 1,822
- Additions include new words, possessives and proper nouns
- Deletions from base word list: 24

Version 3.0.3 229.2 KiB

2022-12-29
- Version 2022-12-29
- Version 3.0.3 for British English Dictionary (Darmeth) extension for Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey
- Additions to base word list: 5,066
- Additions include new words, possessives and proper nouns
- Deletions from base word list: 1

Version 3.0.2 221.5 KiB

Version 2022-11-16
-- Version 3.0.2 for British English Dictionary (Darmeth) extension for Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey
-- Additions to base word list: 1,326 (new words, possessive and proper nouns)
-- Deletions from base word list: 52

Version 3.0.1 219.4 KiB

2022-10-09

* Version 3.0.1

* Additions to base word list: 5,754
* Deletions from base word list: 50

Version 3.0 214.3 KiB

2022-10-02

* Version 3.0

* Added rule to affix file: "IGNORE 1234567890" (ignore words containing numbers)
* Removed all UK postcodes from base word list (new ignore rule prevents flagging)
* Removed most words containing numbers from base word list (new ignore rule prevents flagging)
* Additions to possessive nouns
* Various additions and removals
* A-Z ordering of en_GB.dic

Version 2.0 288.4 KiB

Version 2022-09-17
--Version 2.0 for British English Dictionary (Darmeth) extension for
Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey
--Added support for NOSUGGEST with Merge pull request #2 from whawker/main
--Retirement of ordinal numbers compound rule from affix file
--Additions and removals
--Additions to possessive nouns

Version 1.1.4 287.5 KiB

Version 2022-09-06
-- Additions and removals

Version 1.1.3 287.1 KiB

* Additions and removals
* Additions to possessive nouns

Version 1.1.2 286.2 KiB

2022-06-16
* Version 1.1.2
* Additions and removals
* Additions to possessive nouns

Version 1.1.1 286.5 KiB

Version 1.1.1
--Additions and removals
--For full list of changes, see https://github.com/darmeth/british-english-language-tools/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

Version 1.1 285.2 KiB

Version 1.1
* Additions and removals
* Removal of some uncommon -er and -ers words
* Updates to LICENCE files to include broader descriptions
* Updates to README files
* Added COPYING files
* Compression of icon.png

See complete release notes on GitHub

Version 1.0 292.8 KiB

Version 1.0