The Self Referential Thread

[kurchatovium]

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[milagros317]

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Got to be careful spelling smilies. 😛 Glad to see you went back and fixed it.
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[kurchatovium]

Got to be careful spelling smilies. 😛 Glad to see you went back and fixed it.
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Yup typed it too fast. 😛

 

[milagros317]

Yup typed it too fast. 😛

I do that often and the red underline doesn't help in the case of a smiley whose name is not a word anyway. 😀 😛

 

[General Zod]

I do that often and the red underline doesn't help in the case of a smiley whose name is not a word anyway. 😀 😛

Is that red underline a spell checker?
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[milagros317]

Is that red underline a spell checker?
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Yes, I get a wavy red underline in the posting window to show a misspelling. But a string of letters like banelvis is not a word anyway, so the wavy red underline tells me nothing.
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[kurchatovium]

Opera has a built in spell checker I think. 🙂

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[General Zod]

No spell checker on mine. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

No spell checker on mine. 😀 😛

I dont think Internet Explorer has one. At least when I was using IE6 I never got corrected. 🙂

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[milagros317]

Opera has a built in spell checker I think. 🙂

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No spell checker on mine. 😀 😛

I'm using Firefox which is giving me the spell checker. When I used to use Internet Explorer I had none.
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[kurchatovium]

I'm using Firefox which is giving me the spell checker. When I used to use Internet Explorer I had none.
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Yea same here. No spell checking on IE.

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[milagros317]

Yea same here. No spell checking on IE.

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I switched from IE because of security concerns, but getting the spell checking was an extra bonus. 😀 😛

 

[General Zod]

I'm using Firefox which is giving me the spell checker. When I used to use Internet Explorer I had none.
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I see Must be a Firefox thing then. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

I switched from IE because of security concerns, but getting the spell checking was an extra bonus. 😀 😛

Yea I had to switch cause of Javascript issues with IE6 and the forum.

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[milagros317]

I see Must be a Firefox thing then. 😀 😛

At my office the spell checker they installed must be British because it underlines things like "color" and corrects it to "colour" if you click and look for suggestion.

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[General Zod]

At my office the spell checker they installed must be British because it underlines things like "color" and corrects it to "colour" if you click and look for suggestion.

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Then armor would be armour.

 

[milagros317]

Then armor would be armour.

Indeed so, and honor would be honour.
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[General Zod]

A car tire would be tyre.An info center would be centre. 😀 😛

 

[milagros317]

A car tire would be tyre.An info center would be centre. 😀 😛

And they turn "theater" into "theatre". 😱

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[General Zod]

Aluminum over there is aluminium 😀 😛

 

[milagros317]

Aluminum over there is aluminium 😀 😛

That one has always irritated me since it causes them mispronounce the word also. 😱

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[kurchatovium]

I could do without the spell checker actually. 😛

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[General Zod]

That one has always irritated me since it causes them mispronounce the word also. 😱

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Same here.Never did understand why they spell it that way. 😀 😛

 

[kurchatovium]

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[milagros317]

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A fine dancing bunny. 😀 😛