On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:23:06PM +0100, TheOldFellow wrote: > On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:55:24 +0200 > Joost Verburg > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > TheOldFellow wrote: > > > How do I set the spellchecker to English-English (i.e. as written in > > > England) instead of American-English? > > > > You should set the document language to British. > > > > Joost > > > > > > Thanks. > > However, that is really appalling. My language is called English. I > will just about stand up for English(UK), but British, never. What > about Gallic, Cornish and Welsh - three completely different British > languages?
British English as in "the kind of English typical spoken in Britain" does not sound overly wrong from a continental point of view (or "European", if that's more in line with your active vocabulary) - and does not exclude Gaelic, Cornish and Welsh as possible alternatives. > I have decided to call Dutch, Netherlandian from now on. I guess that makes your telco happy. > How do I make a formal objection to the project authorities, who I > assume are from South-but-not-as-far-as-Mexico-North-America? Traditionally by waging war. But last time you did, you lost. And last time we did, we lost, too. So maybe better wait a few more weeks. > You know, the people who speak Usaian. You can't go around calling > people's languages whatever you like you know. They get very angry. > > The best solution is to call the menu item 'Spelling' rather than > 'Language' - then British is an appropriate choice. Well, that would be misleading. Unless you'd agree to call one 'Spelling' and the other 'Misspelled'. Andre'
