English dictionaries are available for download or add words
to your built-in dictionary. Computer spell checkers and
grammar/style checkers are very dumb. When I am typing and
intend to type "then" but get "them" or maybe just "the" I
wish the spell checker could fix that and other similar word
misspelled in context.
But the difference in words and their meanings is cultural
and has been described as "two nations. separated by a
common language."
Words such as boot can mean fired or terminated, a foot
covering that is heavy duty, the trunk of a car, the act of
starting a computer. On the subject of cars, consider hood
v bonnet. Or the word freedom, to Americans it means being
a citizen that can do almost anything without fear of the
government, to the British, freedom means being a subject to
the King or Queen allowed to have rights at the discretion
of the Crown.
Of course, here in America, we have government run schools
that no longer teach language or grammar or use a
historically based dictionary because social policy is
easier to change when the words have no established meaning.
And then the M-TV generation and the street gangs are
creating a whole language that has no meaning to anyone
else. These regional dialects my be understood in only a
small area of a city.
Perhaps we need one universal language for the whole world
but that will be resisted as each person steps forward to
defend their language, much as religions defend their
ancient dogma.
Disclaimer...no offense was intended at any nation, group,
language or religion, if you feel insulted that is your
problem.
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The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
""old" devildog" <teyoungATcableNOSPAMone.net> wrote in
message Our spelling on all of the English, words will never match
yours, because we after all really don't speak or read
English, we speak and read American. We formed our own
spellings and ways of speaking after all of the years of
being separated from the British rule.
From an American to you, I am sorry we are not allowing you
to see "English" your way. Maybe you will forgive us our
transgression, after all some of us are trying to learn
British "English". We watch reruns of Benny Hill, and I for
one, love the BBC comedies shown on our local PBS station in
the evenings. Sorry 'Mate.
Just remember if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off !
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"old" devildog
Simper Fi
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| Control Panel/double click "Regional and Language Options"
and you will see
| a choce of 13 or 14 versions of english usage although
that will not not, I
| do not believe, solve your problem with the US spelling
usage through out
| the OS; however, if you have a UK specific version of
Office installed I
| would think you would have a UK dictionary installed in
Word which would
| function as a spelling checker for both Word and Outlook
Express which is
| some consolation.
|
|| Hey,
||
|| I've been researching the language interface display
recently for
|| windows XP, and discovered that there is no simple way to
covert to
|| other languages without purchasing a the entire local
version - quite a
|| surprise I must say. However despite this I think I would
still I have
|| an issue - I'd like to see the interface in British
english. Of
|| course... it's not a *huge* deal, especially to Americans
but I
|| don't appreciate having to read "favorites" spelt without
the "u" the
|| whole time. It seems a little odd how the more remote the
language, the
|| easier it is to actually get it precisely translated -
for example you
|| can now get Lithuanian and Thai windows version, but no
British
|| English!
||
|| Does anyone know what the word is on a British english
version of XP? I
|| see no LIPs pack or MUI version. T'would be a great if we
could get it
|| in a local version - I'm sure 58 million other people
would agree!
||
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