Flippin&#39; Spellcheckers

@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

12 Aug 22

Now that is blend of different spellings! That has now got me wondering how Canadians spell, being so close to the US

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (23530)

• United Kingdom

12 Aug 22

@Ronrybs My guess would be American but then again, they are part of the Common Wealth countries where the Brits and the Aussies partake.

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

12 Aug 22

@flapiz True, but they are so close and have prolonged contact with the US.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208746)

• United States

12 Aug 22

Brits, Indians and Canadians always want to fancy everything up by putting a u in everything. It's extraneous..

. I can see where the US English spellchecker would get annoying though.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208746)

• United States

12 Aug 22

@Ronrybs Back when this country first started, the spelling was quite strange. Documents from the 1600's are quite difficult to read.

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

12 Aug 22

We've been spelling that way for centuries. It is quite fascinating how we ended up with the spellings we use today

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

13 Aug 22

@snowy22315 I think it is fair to say that until printing got established spelling was pretty flexible here too!

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@LadyDuck (502189)

• Italy

12 Aug 22

I noticed that myLot spellchecker marks as wrong all the words I write in English (colour, centre, favourite, labour. Not to mention the verbs burnt, learnt and so on.

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@LadyDuck (502189)

• Italy

13 Aug 22

@Ronrybs I fully agree with you. I understand that languages other than "English" are not allowed, but English beans UK and American English. Not to mention that Australia, New Zealand and Canada also use the British spelling.

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

12 Aug 22

I know it isn't the end of the world, but it is a pity you can't select a spell checker. It is irritating though!

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (54714)

• United States

12 Aug 22

It annoys me too.

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

12 Aug 22

It is the fact that it causes doubt and makes me second guess myself. I sometimes pop onto the search and make sure I have it right

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (44560)

• United States

12 Aug 22

I see what you mean. I hate autocorrect. One word can change the whole meaning of a sentence.

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

12 Aug 22

Me too, I turn it off on most things, but I am sure it sneakily turns itself back on!

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Anindita Sengupta

@aninditasen (18198)

• Raurkela, India

12 Aug 22

I use the UK English. I have set my laptop language accordingly, but the mobile gives you US spellings.

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

12 Aug 22

Just one of those thing I shall have to get used to. It is not terrible, just irritating

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)

• China

13 Aug 22

If only there were a spellchecker that had compatibility with both US English and UK English !

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

13 Aug 22

I feel there should be, but I suspect it just adds to the cost

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91299)

• United States

12 Aug 22

Oh that is highly annoying to me I get it Ron. Especially since I still spell stuff with ou..like in England ..the colour, not color.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91299)

• United States

15 Aug 22

@Ronrybs Yes it should indeed but no..uneducated you see.

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

13 Aug 22

Yes, it should recognise proper spellings!

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148720)

• Roseburg, Oregon

12 Aug 22

I like spell check it corrects my spelling. The only problem is it does not catch every wrong spelled word.

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Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

18 Aug 22

@Ronrybs For a long time Word used to correct 'wellies' to 'willies' every time I wrote that word. It was very annoying because I quite often go for a walk in my wellies. Thankfully I eventually managed to stop it.

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

19 Aug 22

@Fleura That is the one thing I do turn off. I hate auto correct!

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

12 Aug 22

I don't like auto correct, it corrects words that don't need correcting

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Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

18 Aug 22

@Ronrybs @LadyDuck I have to admit I have never noticed this, and now after reading more of the comments I have to test it out: colour, favourite, theatre, centre, labour, burnt, realise... none of these get marked for me. But the spellchecker is working because if I make actual mistakes sych as mstake it does pick them up. So maybe there are some settings somewhere that I have set differently?

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@LadyDuck (502189)

• Italy

19 Aug 22

Did you type those words in myLot spellchecker? Because we cannot change the settings in myLot, it is set to "American English".

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@LadyDuck (502189)

• Italy

19 Aug 22

@Fleura It was exactly what I was asking. If I type the same words you mentioned they are all highlighted in red... may be because your IP is in the UK Here it is a print screen. Colour is not underlined and not even burnt because I added the two words to the "user dictionary"... may be you did the same. colour, favourite, theatre, centre, labour, burnt, realise

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Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

19 Aug 22

@LadyDuck I don't know what you mean, I just typed them in the comment box. It highlights suspect spellings with red underlining.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Aug 22

I know what you're saying. My computer underlines such words too. I've just got a new computer and it has predictive text which is pretty intriguing at the moment - how it seems to know just what I'm going to say! I must be very predictable.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Aug 22

@Ronrybs Autocorrect has made some horrendous mistakes from what I've heard.

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

17 Aug 22

@JudyEv That's why I turn mine off!

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

13 Aug 22

Spellcheckers are the worst, it is autocorrect I dislike

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Faye

@FayeHazel (40230)

• United States

22 Aug 22

Ha ha, oh dear. I wonder if you could turn it to UK English

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@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

22 Aug 22

All you can do it turn it off or one. It is only a minor annoyance

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John Evans

@58lordstreet (1668)

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19 Aug 22

what about all the different words for things as well lol - my American friend hardly knows what Im talking about most of the time. A fanny pack would be worn in completely different place

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