Re: how do I remove a word from my Thunderbird dictionary?

[ToddAndMargo]

On 2020-09-06 17:23, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 2020-09-07 08:15, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> > On 2020-09-06 15:49, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > > On 2020-09-07 05:53, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> > > > I removed "yo" from
> > > >
> > > > /usr/lib64/thunderbird/dictionaries/en_US.dic, line 48294
> > > >
> > > > but no happy camping with that either
> > >
> > > That is because, as Samuel mentioned, T-Bird uses hunspell.
> > >
> > > The dictionary for hunspell is located in /usr/share/myspell.
> >
> > No "yo".  Dang!
> >
> > vi en_US.dic
> >
> > yippee
> > yipping
> > yob/S
> > yobbo/S
> > yodel/SMDRZG
> > yodeler/M
> > yoga/M
>
> Well Samuel also sniffed that out with the revelation that /usr/lib64/thunderbird/dictionaries is a link to /usr/share/myspell.

# mv /usr/share/myspell /usr/share/myspell.000

And thunderbird is still finding misspelled words

What a onion to unravel this is!