<sod>  The more extensive forms of Commonwealth English and even some of those less used have their own separate, recognised dictionaries. The ''Dictionary of Canadian English: The Senior Dictionary'' was first published by the Canadian textbook publisher Gage Learning in [[1967]] and updated versions have appeared regularly, the most recent being the ''Gage Canadian Dictionary'' in [[1997]]. For South Africa there was Charles Pettman's ''Africanderisms'', a glossary of South African colloquial words and phrases published in [[1913]]. Philip Branford's ''A Dictionary of South African English'' was published in [[1978]] and the most recent edition in [[1991]]. Australian English has had the [[Macquarie Dictionary]] since [[1981]]. In [[1996]] [[Oxford University Press]] published the ''Concise Ulster Dictionary''. In [[1998]] they went farther afield by releasing ''A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles'', ''The Canadian Oxford Dictionary'', and ''The Dictionary of New Zealand English''. In [[2000]] they published ''The Australian Oxford Dictionary''. All these use previous Oxford English dictionaries as a base, but modify or replace text according to research on other varities of English. Carribean English has Frederic&nbsp;G. Cassidy and Robert&nbsp;B. Le&nbsp;Page's ''Dictionary of Jamaican English'' and John&nbsp;A. Holm and Alison&nbsp;W. Shlling's ''Dictionary of Bahamian English''.
 
 ==Limited use==
''Commonwealth English'' is not a clear and distinctive dialect, although it becomes far closer to being one if Canadian English is not considered. [[Microsoft]] ''[[Encarta]]'' appears in four English versions, an American English version, a British English version, a Canadian English version, and an Australian English version, indicating that Microsoft did not feel that one Commonwealth English version would serve to balance the American English version, though there are likely to be few differences between the British English version and the Australian English version. A fifth version could be have been introduced as well: British English with ''Concise Oxford Dictionary'' spelling ([[IANA]] value '''en-GB-oed'''). Also increasingly spell checkers are supporting more finely grained systems of spelling, not attempting to make Brtish English, renamed as Commonwealth English, to do for all.
 
 ==References and external links==
 * Peters, Pam (2004). ''The Cambridge Guide to English Usage''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 052162181X.
 <eod> <sod> The more extensive forms of Commonwealth English and even some of those less used have their own separate, recognised dictionaries. The ''Dictionary of Canadian English: The Senior Dictionary'' was first published by the Canadian textbook publisher Gage Learning in [[1967]] and updated versions have appeared regularly, the most recent being the ''Gage Canadian Dictionary'' in [[1997]]. For South Africa there was Charles Pettman's ''Africanderisms'', a glossary of South African colloquial words and phrases published in [[1913]]. Philip Branford's ''A Dictionary of South African English'' was published in [[1978]] and the most recent edition in [[1991]]. Australian English has had the [[Macquarie Dictionary]] since [[1981]]. In [[1996]] [[Oxford University Press]] published the ''Concise Ulster Dictionary''. In [[1998]] they went farther afield by releasing ''A Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles'', ''The Canadian Oxford Dictionary'', and ''The Dictionary of New Zealand English''. In [[2000]] they published ''The Australian Oxford Dictionary''. All these use previous Oxford English dictionaries as a base, but modify or replace text according to research on other varities of English. Carribean English has Frederic&nbsp;G. Cassidy and Robert&nbsp;B. Le&nbsp;Page's ''Dictionary of Jamaican English'' and John&nbsp;A. Holm and Alison&nbsp;W. Shlling's ''Dictionary of Bahamian English''.
 
 ==Limited use==
''Commonwealth English'' is not a clear and distinctive dialect, although it becomes far closer to being one if Canadian English is not considered. [[Microsoft]] ''[[Encarta]]'' appears in four English versions, an American English version, a British English version, a Canadian English version, and an Australian English version, indicating that Microsoft did not feel that one Commonwealth English version would serve to balance the American English version, though there are likely to be few differences between the British English version and the Australian English version. A fifth version could be have been introduced as well: British English with ''Concise Oxford Dictionary'' spelling ([[IANA]] value '''en-GB-oed'''). Also increasingly spell checkers are supporting more finely grained systems of spelling, not attempting to make British English, renamed as Commonwealth English, to do for all.
 
 ==References and external links==
 * Peters, Pam (2004). ''The Cambridge Guide to English Usage''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 052162181X.
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