I see Matt's problem; however, tis no huge problem in understanding what you
are viewing [reading] which is probably why no one seeks to devote time
[money] to correcting it.
Gene K
| Hey Matt,
|
| What an interesting thread you started here! I do believe you are right
and
| having now researched the background I have not been able to find a
version
| of XP pro which shows "Favorites" as "Favourites" though in most of the UK
| version of the OS British English spelling is adopted.
| Perhaps the answer is that favor and favour are both accepted in current
| Ameraican and British dictionaries and here in the UK a spelling reform
| group proposes that the u after o should be dropped in written English. I
| can't see it happening, though, since it has ben proposed for years that
the
| four different ways of pronouncing "ough" should be rationalised and
nothing
| has been done.
| John
| | > 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.
| >
| >
| > --
| > 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 !
| > --
| > ************
| > "old" devildog
| > Simper Fi
| > ************
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | 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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