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First of all, if it were not for spell check I'd never post. (Not an invitation to hack my computer and disable spell check) The thing is , in the past week I have an Anglicized version of spell check .... as opposed to American English. If I type "color" it tells me that it is misspelled and I need to change it to colour ...... same with "favorite" ..... needs to be favourite . What is going on ??
What spell check are you using?
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Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
The one that comes up when I right click the word with the red underline indicating it is misspelled. I'm running Mint 11 (Katya) with Mozilla/Firefox. Same spell check I started with. I figured it might be some sort of preferences thing on my PC but I haven't changed anything manually. Maybe a linux update did it ?
Jimmy.
Right click on the text box and set your language to us english.
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Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
Gentlemen, whether in the Queen's English or in the American English, never trust the spell check that comes with these computing machine thingies, for it shall lead you astray. I give my heartfelt thanks many times a day to the heroic dictionary.
Wanna trade?
Ben you da man !!! :bow
from our point of view pc's sold in the states have an americanised spell check ;)
Without question the USA version is the correct one. You have to take into consideration that "we", the USA, won the war, twice for that matter ..... 1783 and 1812 .... :w but you guys make better shaving brushes .Quote:
Originally Posted by tekbow
(running and ducking for cover) :rofl2:
dunno why but the smiley icons aren't showing up with the edit .... MI-5 conspiracy ? LOL
You will be 'Educated" whether you like it or not, JimmyHad !!
http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/x...mysTeacher.jpg
For a while there Jimmy I understood every post you made. I guess it's back to Google translate for me now.
James.
Your doing better than I am James, sometimes after I read them, I don't understand my own posts either :gaah:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
Indeed; the spellcheck has led you astray as Obie warned :(Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
Lettuce knot neglect the dictionaries!
:rofl2:ya got me Lee
You know, I love dictionaries. Once when I was a young lad I read one (concise Oxford, I think it was) cover to cover like a book. Kind of similar to how most of us count to 100 or 1000 when we are young - just to see if we can. My problems with dictionaries are two-fold: 1. that they do go out of date eventually, and 2. most reasonably-priced ones do not contain the words that incredibly intelligent people (and I include myself in this category) like to use. By contrast, all I need to do is download the "Windows lots-O-big-words" upgrade to the spell checker, which is a perfect complement to my erudition and perspicacity.
James.
I used to love them too. Now I copy and paste the word in a new tab within the google menu. The definition/spelling comes right up. If I could afford it I'd subscribe to the Oxford English Dictionary online . No better in the world but a lot of $ per year.
Gentlemen, for years I have kept up a running read of the dictionary, so to speak: I read one page a day, from A to Z, and when done, I start all over again. I've done this for years. Also, I have made it a practice of reading The Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White, several times a year. This is probably one of the best little grammar books ever produced. The latest is the Fourth Edition. As the great Snoopy wrote on his typewriter perched atop his doghouse, "It was a cold and rainy day . . ."
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White was recommended to me many years ago. I bought it and tried but never could understand it. :boohoo: For a lover of words "Hog On Ice And Other Curious Expressions" and "Heavens To Betsy & Other Curious Sayings" are very enjoyable .... once in a blue moon. :)
Perhaps unsurprisingly, I like the Superior Person's Book of Words series too. Very enjoyable reads.
James.
3. the words are in alphabetical order, and no connoisseur of stochasticity can bear such a tiny amount of entropy!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo
This reminds me about the new youtube feature which can automatically create subtitles.Quote:
Originally Posted by hoglahoo
You should try it sometime. The subtitles it creates are of the 'hoglahoo' quality.
I visited the US. Imo in some states the people have not yet fully understood the fact that the 1812 one is finished, and they lost.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
:p
That's because hardly anyone accepts that we "lost" the war.... Despite the fact that scholars say either 1) it was a stalemate, 2) we lost, or 3) we both won and the "Indians" lost, most of us think that we won the war of 1812... I guess not losing decidedly is a "win" :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
Oh, I dunno, we still spell 'favorite' like that instead of like this ..... 'favourite'..... so we must have won .... :idea:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno