On 09/12/2011 04:17 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
On 12/09/11 11:30, Ian Pilcher wrote:
> On 09/12/2011 07:53 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> I can spell fairly well but I am a lousy typist and
>> frequently mistype words, mostly transpose letters or drop
>> one. The spellchecker with Thunderbird 6.0 seems worse than
>> ever, the suggestions it lists are frequently bizarre. Has
>> anyone else observed this and hopefully found an alternative?
> ... or a way to make it do U.S. English, rather than U.K.
>
No, as I said, I can spell and I know the difference. It is set
to "American." It simply make poor chives [choices, I dropped
the O, not the best example] and often completely misses the
mark! Perhaps I should set it to UK English and make corrections
where required?
one wants normal words, other wants u.s. english. neither tells v/r.
using "version 2.0.0.24 (20110906)", when i;
"edit > preferences > composition > spelling"
i see near middle of window;
Languages: English/United States ^v
Download More Dictionaries
does that help?
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