The simplest way to install & use a different Abiword 2.4.1 language dictionary
in puppies 1.0x and 2.0x is to move the appropriate hash file (eg british.hash) into the hidden /root/.Abisuite/dictionary folder then create a local symlink to it - and name the symlink american.hash.
This way you can handle several different languages very easily - just change the symlink when you need to
Get Abiword language dictionaries from here (use the zip packages even though it says they're for windows)
http://www.abisource.com/download/abispell.phtml
edited 11Nov06 to include links to Abiword dictionary site
Note - this also works for Abiword2.4.5in pup212beta (which has no default dictionary)