[SOLVED] My spell checker in the browser is checking British instead of US English

Gregg Bell · 07-11-2015, 05:52 PM

My spell checker in the browser is checking British English instead of US English. (LibreOffice however is checking US English.) I've been using Mozilla as the browser so I checked the preferences and US English is selected. (see screenshot) Anybody know what might be happening? Thanks.

Aia · 07-11-2015, 06:23 PM

What you are showing is your preferences for your browser's language. The spelling is a different matter.
By default, firefox has spelling enable for any entry box where you can type more that one line, like when you post in this forum.
Right click on the box to write and you'll see languages as an option on the menu. Make sure it is what you want.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...+spell+checker

ardvark71 · 07-11-2015, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

My spell checker in the browser is checking British English instead of US English. (LibreOffice however is checking US English.) I've been using Mozilla as the browser so I checked the preferences and US English is selected. (see screenshot) Anybody know what might be happening?

Hi Gregg...

Do any of the solutions here or here help?

Regards...

Gregg Bell · 07-11-2015, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aia

What you are showing is your preferences for your browser's language. The spelling is a different matter.
By default, firefox has spelling enable for any entry box where you can type more that one line, like when you post in this forum.
Right click on the box to write and you'll see languages as an option on the menu. Make sure it is what you want.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...+spell+checker

Thanks Aia. That did it. Appreciate it.

---------- Post added 07-11-15 at 06:41 PM ----------

Quote:

Originally Posted by ardvark71

Hi Gregg...

Do any of the solutions here or here help?

Regards...

Aia's thing worked, Ardvark, but I'll keep those links you gave me in mind just in case there's complications. Thanks.

Habitual · 07-11-2015, 06:47 PM

Firefox 27.0.1

I have US Dictionary and it is selected, but both
canceled and cancelled
pass right through. I KNOW I did not "Add to dictionary" for "cancelled".

Code:

ls -1 /opt/firefox/dictionaries/en-US*
/opt/firefox/dictionaries/en-US.aff
/opt/firefox/dictionaries/en-US.dic

and now cancelled
doesn't pass and all I did was install https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...+spell+checker

The plot thickens.

ardvark71 · 07-11-2015, 06:47 PM

Hi Gregg...

Glad you got it fixed.

Regards...

Gregg Bell · 07-11-2015, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Habitual

Firefox 27.0.1

I have US Dictionary and it is selected, but both
canceled and cancelled
pass right through. I KNOW I did not "Add to dictionary" for "cancelled".

Code:

ls -1 /opt/firefox/dictionaries/en-US*
/opt/firefox/dictionaries/en-US.aff
/opt/firefox/dictionaries/en-US.dic

and now cancelled
doesn't pass and all I did was install https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...+spell+checker

The plot thickens.

It's all the Brits' fault!