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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts) Sun Jul 20, 2014, 06:55 AM Jul 2014

Firefox spell check using British language spelling, not American.

Isn't that weird?

FF 30, added on with teh new Ubuntu Gnome OS a month or so ago.

It says "color" is a spelling error, and points me to "colour, etc.

Anyone run across this before?

Now , I do not mind, this is not a problem that necessarily needs solving, just curious if this is common.

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Firefox spell check using British language spelling, not American. (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Jul 2014 OP

Reset Mozilla intaglio Jul 2014 #1

It is already set to that. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2014 #2

Try opening up a reply window in this thread gvstn Jul 2014 #3

THAT was the answer! dixiegrrrrl Jul 2014 #4

intaglio

(8,170 posts)

1. Reset Mozilla

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 07:33 AM

Jul 2014

Settings -> Content -> Choose Languages. Highlight English (US) and then OK

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

2. It is already set to that.

Reply to intaglio (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 10:24 AM

Jul 2014

Weird, eh?

gvstn

(2,805 posts)

3. Try opening up a reply window in this thread

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 02:19 PM

Jul 2014

Then right-click a blank area of the reply window's text box go down to Languages and see if more than one is available. If Eng_US isn't available you can try to add it and then see if you can set it as default.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

4. THAT was the answer!

Reply to gvstn (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 04:42 PM

Jul 2014

It gave me 4 choices...wonder what "English-South Africa" would have been like?

The "English-United Kingdom" had been checked..
I re-set it for American.

Had no idea that function was possible.... many thanks.

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