If I write colour, tumour, humour, rumour, etc.... and check for my spelling, Yahoo comes up with the americanized version... .Why oh why should the Yahoo UK site correct (or mark as mistake) words that are written with a British spelling rather than American?
2007-06-21 19:51:45 · 9 answers · asked by Jesus is my Savior 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Hi guys,
Thanks for your answers. I wasn't really looking for an alternative spell check programme (British spelling!). I don't need a lot of help with spelling, it was more a rant than anything else.
Ron, Hi! I do use Firefox, how did you know??
2007-06-22 18:53:11 · update #1
It's the American dream, honey. Try and take over the world by psyching out everybody else. Is it working?
Seriously, I don't use the Yahoo! spell checker. I browse using Mozilla Firefox, and it has several plugins that you can download. One of them is a spell checker that checks as you go, just like in Word. The dictionary can be defined for British spelling.
http://www.mozilla.com
2007-06-21 19:56:20 · answer #1 · answered by Max 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
OK I just ran Microsoft IE and there is no spell check at all. So it is the browser and I guess you are also running Firefox. Smart people do.
Found the Firefox solution!!! Put the cursor over the word colour and right click. At the bottom of the menu there is a
:)
2007-06-22 15:15:21 · answer #2 · answered by Ron H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm American & when tumor is spelled 'tumour' it just looks a bit odd; but if color is spelled 'colour' (same with humor/humour, rumor/rumour, favorite/favourite, neighbor/neighbour) then it looks really normal to me.
Program is the spelling in both countries when it refers to computer programs or like spell check programs. But for TV (telly), program is the one used here in America, and programme in Britain.
And I know our British friends spell words like realize as 'realise'.
I notice we spell things the way they sound while our British friends spell things based on the word's origin (for example, there it's anaemia whereas here it's anemia).
2015-01-25 12:24:15 · answer #3 · answered by Harvey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I support Max reply; I'm not familiar (anymore) with Windows, but Firefox extensions are generally available for all operating systems; there are different kinds of extensions that can give you a spell cheking for every language (straight when typing, copying and pasting a text, etc), and you can find British English, American English, Australian English, Canadian English and so on.
Of course I'm also suggesting you to switch to Firefox, if you're now using Internet Explorer :)
2007-06-22 04:31:10 · answer #4 · answered by Pinguino 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it is particularity of american languige. the same story is going to be if u ll go in Australia for example (spelling of some words gonna be diferent). it is the same for example with spanish languige- it could be diferent spelling in Spain,Argentina or Peru. every computer has a programm to recognize this particularity.im sure u can install british version if u need
2007-06-22 05:48:32 · answer #5 · answered by vika10011976 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is using the amercian spellings in the built-in dictionary as default. I think you can set it to british english.
2007-06-21 20:14:26 · answer #6 · answered by Swamy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose beacause Americans number about 300 million and Brits about 60 million - a 5:1 ratio. I'm in the minority group.
2007-06-21 20:35:38 · answer #7 · answered by JJ 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
British is not a language. It's called English.
2007-06-21 20:03:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
I know! So annoying right?
2007-06-21 20:16:11 · answer #9 · answered by Chava 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋