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    Re: Reasonable assignment for a third grader? —Matthew Miller
   (...) /usr/dict/words on many linux distributions is terrible. Here's an interesting test: grep herbivore /usr/dict/words grep omnivore /usr/dict/words grep carnivore /usr/dict/words (23 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Reasonable assignment for a third grader? —John D. Forinash
   (...) On most anything, actually. It's really not meant to be a dictionary, even though the directory looks like it. Sometimes a random word comes in handy, though. (...) None of them are found in the sloaris /usr/dict/words. :) Besides, in this age (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Reasonable assignment for a third grader? —Matthew Miller
   (...) The amusing thing on Red Hat Linux is that herbivore and omnivore are there, as are carnivorous and carnivorously, but not carnivorous. (23 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 

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