# McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme **Domain:** Computational Lexicography / Phonological Retrieval / Publishing **Doc Type:** Project and Product Node **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[wiki/VersePerfect|VersePerfect]], [[wiki/Symbolic Language Engine|Symbolic Language Engine]], [[wiki/Approximate Phonological Matching|Approximate Phonological Matching]], [[wiki/Pronunciation Lexicon|Pronunciation Lexicon]], [[wiki/Corpus Engineering|Corpus Engineering]] --- ## Definition **The McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme was Bryant McGill's electronic and fourteen-volume printed rhyme resource, generated from the same derived lexical core that supported VersePerfect.** ## Architectural Significance The dictionary was a published surface of a larger [[wiki/Symbolic Language Engine|Symbolic Language Engine]]. Its data structures included standard rhymes, compound or phrase-level rhymes, multiple pronunciations and approximate neighborhoods. The printed volumes, static web material and Windows application were different renderings of common derived datasets rather than independent lexicographic projects. Phrase-level retrieval addressed a practical limitation of conventional rhyme dictionaries: a long word may find its best correspondence across several shorter words. The candidate corpus was constructed through [[wiki/Corpus Engineering|corpus engineering]] rather than gathered as one ready-made list. ## Evidence Boundary The surviving interface establishes pronunciation multiplicity and graded retrieval behavior. The exact original alignment score and Roundex algorithm remain unrecovered and should not be reconstructed from memory as fact. ## Key Insight **The dictionary was the marketable surface; the multi-representation engine and its retrieval architecture were the deeper work.** ## See Also [[wiki/VersePerfect|VersePerfect]], [[wiki/Approximate Phonological Matching|Approximate Phonological Matching]], [[wiki/Phonological Representation|Phonological Representation]], [[wiki/Pronunciation Lexicon|Pronunciation Lexicon]], [[wiki/RhymeZone and Datamuse|RhymeZone and Datamuse]], [[wiki/Corpus Engineering|Corpus Engineering]] ## Sources / Provenance - Primary project account: [[projects/Ten Years Building a Symbolic Language Engine|Ten Years Building a Symbolic Language Engine]]. - Electronic publication record from 2004. - Printed volumes, screenshots and project account.