Pardon my spelling...

Pardon is a free-for-personal use electronic dictionary that runs under Windows. Installation is easy and suprise-free! The dictionary is very fast (thanks to a handy auto-complete feature) and includes synonyms, antonyms and even quotes to illustrate usage. I had no problem finding any of the test words I tried, and also saw lots of people, geographic locations and slang terms included. Would be interesting to know who compiles these dictionaries -- as a US English user I didn't agree with a few of the slang terms I saw (ex. Pardon includes both "cissy" and "sissy" but most US English dictionaries only include the latter spelling) -- but I found that to be a very minor point in an excellent program. Wasn't able to test Pardon's ability to add dictionaries over the web as no new material was online yet, but the capability sounds very useful. Very fair and reasonable licensing -- free for personal use, $15 per person for commercial use. Look forward to seeing how program develops. Spotted it on betanews.com.