[PW] Re: British spelling checker

[Sylvia Milne]

It might be useful as a rough and ready tool.
You might have problems when the American spelling has more than one meaning 
and the English spelling has just one.
Examples are curb which in American can mean the edge of the road or a 
restraint.
In English, a curb is a restraint usually used on a horse.
The thing on the side of the road is a kerb.
Then you have words where American nowadays makes no difference in spelling 
between noun and verb as in practice/practise, advice/advise
It's rather similar to using a spell checker. For example "Principal" and 
"principle" will both be passed but one will be incorrect according to 
context.

Sylvia Milne

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michele Jack" <david.jack1 at btconnect.com>
To: <list at project-wombat.org>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 7:43 AM
Subject: [PW] British spelling checker


> Microsoft Word comes with a british spelling dictionary already installed.
> If you need to check the British spelling
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> of a word, just do this:
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> 1. Type the word in the US spelling
> 2. Highlight (select) it
> 3. On the beige toolbar at the very bottom of the page, the phrase
> "English(US)"  is in the one of the blocks. Point at it and double-click.
> 4. Change the spelling dictionary to English (UK)
> 5. If there is a UK variant, it will bring up the UK spelling
> dictionary
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> I haven't looked to see if it will deal with "gaol", which is the UK 
> version
> of "jail".
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> Michele
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> In the UK
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