diff -ruN aspell-0.60.2.orig/common/config.cpp aspell-0.60.2/common/config.cpp
--- aspell-0.60.2.orig/common/config.cpp	2004-11-22 08:38:23.000000000 +0100
+++ aspell-0.60.2/common/config.cpp	2005-06-11 02:04:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@
 #  define PERSONAL "<lang>.pws"
 #  define REPL     "<lang>.prepl"
 #else
-#  define HOME_DIR "<$HOME|./>"
+#  define HOME_DIR "<$HOME_ETC|$HOME|./>"
 #  define PERSONAL ".aspell.<lang>.pws"
 #  define REPL     ".aspell.<lang>.prepl"
 #endif