1. A method of gathering new language objects for use by a handheld electronic device having at least one application for receiving text from sources external to the handheld electronic device and a text input process that accesses at least one list of stored language objects stored in said handheld electronic device to facilitate generation of text in a current language employed by said handheld electronic device, the method comprising: processing in said handheld electronic device received text received in said handheld electronic device from an external source comprising scanning the received text and identifying one or more new language objects therein that are not in any of the at least one list of stored language objects; identifying in said handheld electronic device all of the one or more new language objects that are not considered to be in said current language; ignoring in said handheld electronic device said all of the one or more new language objects identified as not being considered to be in said current language; and adding in said handheld electronic device each of the one or more new language objects that has not been identified as not being considered to be in said current language to the at least one list of stored language objects stored in said handheld electronic device for use by the text input process.