Re: Theunderbird alternative spellchecker -

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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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