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Post by Eli on Aug 21, 2016 15:25:03 GMT
Spelling has never been a strong point of mine, and I often get it wrong, but I've noticed recently that when I write the words 'colour' and 'centre' on a web page like this, or in an email, they get underlined in red ... although I know these to be the correct spellings. This annoys me.
Have the spellings of these words been changed now ? and if so, WHY ?
I think they were all right as they were.
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Post by grindle on Aug 21, 2016 15:52:30 GMT
no they haven't been changed Eli unfortunately they think we're all Americans  |
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Post by Eli on Aug 21, 2016 17:03:16 GMT
no they haven't been changed Eli unfortunately they think we're all Americans  |
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Post by dianthus on Aug 21, 2016 17:30:34 GMT
You can change your language settings to English UK:
Control panel
Clock Region Language Select UK version instead of American version, which is currently highlighted.
Hope that sorts it for you. 
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Post by roofgardener on Aug 21, 2016 19:51:10 GMT
In addition to what dianthus said above, it MAY also be necessary to download the UK Spellchecker dictionary for your web browser. (firefox, IE, Edge etcetera). |
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Post by daitheplant on Aug 21, 2016 19:54:46 GMT
I find it fun to insist on British spellings.
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Post by Eli on Aug 21, 2016 21:57:18 GMT
Thank you all. I'll have to try doing that
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Post by sweetpea on Aug 26, 2016 12:08:44 GMT
The witches of Eastwick managed with their spells   but then again they were American  |
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Post by Eli on Aug 26, 2016 18:56:31 GMT
Apparently I've already got the UK spelling version but it still underlines those words
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Post by roofgardener on Aug 26, 2016 20:28:15 GMT
Most annoying Eli... but could we narrow this down ? Is this happening only on websites, or do the same words trigger "underlines" in.. say .. Microsoft word ? (if you have that installed ? ). This would help us determine wether the issue is limited to just a web browser program, or the operating system itself. |
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Post by dianthus on Aug 26, 2016 22:19:18 GMT
I reread your initial post, Eli
If you are posting on American sites, then they would use their spellings. Word should be able to be set to UK spellings, though. |
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Post by roofgardener on Aug 27, 2016 6:04:19 GMT
Not necessarily, dianthus. Usually, the spell-check is a function of the client computer, and not the host website/forum ? |
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Post by Eli on Aug 27, 2016 18:03:16 GMT
It happens on forums. It doesn't happen when I write emails,
but I hadn't noticed.
I saw it on forums and just thought it was on emails as well
(That may sound daft to computer literate people but I am not one of those)
and I send very few emails anyway.
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