# Rubygem stemmable

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/rubygem-stemmable/65314>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [20 April 2012 12:38 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rubygem-stemmable/65314 "2012-04-20T12:38:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![michelle\_hiong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@michelle\_hiong](https://rubytalk.org/u/michelle_hiong)\
**Post date:** [20 April 2012 12:38 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rubygem-stemmable/65314/1 "2012-04-20T12:38:16Z")

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Hi List

Is there "stemmable" file in rubygem library?? Is there such file either in ruby or rubygems??

Michelle

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**Author:** ![7rans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/a8b319/32.png) [@7rans](https://rubytalk.org/u/7rans)\
**Post date:** [20 April 2012 12:54 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rubygem-stemmable/65314/2 "2012-04-20T12:54:21Z")

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define "stemmable"

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**Author:** ![11142](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/e0b2c6/32.png) [@11142](https://rubytalk.org/u/11142)\
**Post date:** [20 April 2012 20:10 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rubygem-stemmable/65314/3 "2012-04-20T20:10:11Z")

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There exists such a gem: [http://rubygems.org/gems/stemmable](http://rubygems.org/gems/stemmable) but it  
doesn't seem to do anything.

Googling "ruby stemmable" gives this:  
[http://engtagger.rubyforge.org/classes/Stemmable.html](http://engtagger.rubyforge.org/classes/Stemmable.html) and this:  
[http://tartarus.org/~martin/PorterStemmer/ruby.txt](http://tartarus.org/~martin/PorterStemmer/ruby.txt)

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**Author:** ![7rans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/a8b319/32.png) [@7rans](https://rubytalk.org/u/7rans)\
**Post date:** [21 April 2012 00:01 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/rubygem-stemmable/65314/4 "2012-04-21T00:01:20Z")

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Look up English project.