Re: Dictionaries and Vista

2007-10-05 Thread Secret Squirrel
Hi Fredrik Bergström, On Wednesday, 5 September 2007, you wrote: > On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 07:41:40 +1000 GMT, Secret wrote: >> Hi, >> Just upgraded to Vista, re-installed The Bat and have noticed that >> I can no longer add words to the dictionary (right click on a word >> Bat says is wrongly spelt

Re: Dictionaries and Vista

2007-09-16 Thread Robin Anson
On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 at 17:11:53 +0100, MFPA wrote: > When I was at infant school in the early 1970s, older books and > older teachers used the "z". By the time I was in my teens, it was > very unusual to see "-ize" except in an American text (or an old > one, of course). In recent years, I have noti

Re: Dictionaries and Vista

2007-09-06 Thread MFPA
Hi On Wednesday 5 September 2007 at 8:51:56 PM, in , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > But either is acceptable in British English. Whilst neither is actually incorrect (in most cases), the "s" is acceptable to *ME* and not the "z" for something *I* write in British English. When I was at infant scho

Re: Dictionaries and Vista

2007-09-05 Thread lonewolf
MFPA, On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, at 15:40:38 [GMT +0100] (00:40:38 06/09/2007 Australian Eastern Time) you wrote: >> One of the differences between British and American English is >> that British uses "S" instead of "Z". > From where I sit, the difference is that American uses "z" instead > of "s"...

Re: Dictionaries and Vista

2007-09-05 Thread MFPA
Hi On Sunday 2 September 2007 at 10:41:40 PM, in , Secret Squirrel wrote: > One of the differences between British and American English is > that British uses "S" instead of "Z". From where I sit, the difference is that American uses "z" instead of "s"... (-; -- Best regards, MFPA

Re: Dictionaries and Vista

2007-09-04 Thread Fredrik Bergström
On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 07:41:40 +1000 GMT, Secret wrote: > Hi, > Just upgraded to Vista, re-installed The Bat and have noticed that > I can no longer add words to the dictionary (right click on a word > Bat says is wrongly spelt, and go 'Add to Dictionary' and the word > is not added, instead it stay

Dictionaries and Vista

2007-09-02 Thread Secret Squirrel
Hi, Just upgraded to Vista, re-installed The Bat and have noticed that I can no longer add words to the dictionary (right click on a word Bat says is wrongly spelt, and go 'Add to Dictionary' and the word is not added, instead it stays as underlined indicating it is wrongly spelt). Is this a bu