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Why is Firefox's spellcheck so BAD?!
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Why does Firefox's spellcheck have so many common words missing?! And what kind of bizarre words does it think are real?!
Is it just me?
I just typed the word "half-heartedly". Apparently that's not a word (bloomin' hyphens!), and I'm offered these possible corrections:
half-heatedly
half-hardheartedly
half-halfheartedly
half-downheartedly
half-softheartedly
Whaaaat?! Stupid machines! They'll never take over the world if they can't get their spelling right!
Is it just me?
I just typed the word "half-heartedly". Apparently that's not a word (bloomin' hyphens!), and I'm offered these possible corrections:
half-heatedly
half-hardheartedly
half-halfheartedly
half-downheartedly
half-softheartedly
Whaaaat?! Stupid machines! They'll never take over the world if they can't get their spelling right!
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'half-heartedly' Works on my Firefox spellchucker...;)Drinking Rum before 10am makes you
A PIRATE
Not an Alcoholic...!0 -
It's because the Americans can't spell.“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
― Groucho Marx0 -
Hi,
half-heartedly works for me, in FF.
When typing, left click on a word, down to languages, and select English(UK).0 -
Why not add in one of the British English Dictionary add-ins?
Unfortunately I can't fix why Word 2010 objects to "some time" (rather than sometime)...0 -
As others have found, for some reason FF has a habit of defaulting back to English (US) no matter what you do to try to make UK the default.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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Put in Zuckerberg in FF and see what comes up.Science isn't exact, it's only confidence within limits.0
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I use the 'British English Dictionary' add-on
It says:-
This is an updated version of Mark Tyndall's extension. It packages David Bartlett's British English Dictionary R1.19 for Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.British English Dictionary R1.19 for Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey by David Bartlett.
To enable, right-click in a multi-line text box, select "Languages", then "English / United Kingdom".
(This is an updated version of Mark Tyndall's British English Dictionary extension made to work with the latest Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey releases)
Homepage = https://github.com/FlyingTopHat/Mozilla-British-English-Dictionary
Amusingly, it underlines Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey!
Half-heartedly seems ok , but ok doesn't!
Zuckerberg has been mentioned before
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The only time I've had the US version is when I first downloaded it years ago....It's never reverted back since putting English UK dictionaries in there..:)As others have found, for some reason FF has a habit of defaulting back to English (US) no matter what you do to try to make UK the default.Drinking Rum before 10am makes you
A PIRATE
Not an Alcoholic...!0 -
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Shirley it carnt bee has bid has awl shat? Oh bigger ... I stink mie splellflucker is chucked two.
... DaveHappily retired and enjoying my 14th year of leisureI am cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.Bring me sunshine in your smile0
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