WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Using British rather than American spelling http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-british-rather-than-american-spelling WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Using British rather than American spelling en Thu, 23 May 2013 20:15:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Using British rather than American spelling" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-british-rather-than-american-spelling#post-978877 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:21:24 +0000 timethief 978877@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm a Canadian who gave up British spelling ages ago. Here's the link for a Firefox add-on > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/language-tools/

]]> deliciousdishes1 on "Using British rather than American spelling" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-british-rather-than-american-spelling#post-978871 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:16:52 +0000 deliciousdishes1 978871@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I try to use the British spelling but it insists on changing it to American....

]]> therattlingdoor on "Using British rather than American spelling" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-british-rather-than-american-spelling#post-978271 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:00:33 +0000 therattlingdoor 978271@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Are you using Firefox? If so click on 'Add-ons' on the start page, and then in search in the add-ons page type in 'british spelling' there are many to choose from.

]]> roughseasinthemed on "Using British rather than American spelling" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-british-rather-than-american-spelling#post-978270 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:59:39 +0000 roughseasinthemed 978270@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Well you could always ignore the american spellings which is what I do.

]]> deliciousdishes1 on "Using British rather than American spelling" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-british-rather-than-american-spelling#post-978269 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:57:11 +0000 deliciousdishes1 978269@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Sorry to be dim but how would I do that??

(Human being over 60 in the middle of the French countryside without a teenage kid to help....)

]]> timethief on "Using British rather than American spelling" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-british-rather-than-american-spelling#post-967911 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:57:06 +0000 timethief 967911@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can download a British spelling browser add-on if you wish.

]]> deliciousdishes1 on "Using British rather than American spelling" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/using-british-rather-than-american-spelling#post-967909 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:54:40 +0000 deliciousdishes1 967909@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I prefer to write using the British spellings but the spellcheck keeps turning them into American spelling. Is there a way I can change this? I looked, but couldn't see how to do it....

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