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Stupid Spell Check.
March 20, 2016 at 7:52 am
Ok, I think it is fantastic for horrible spellers like me that the words are underlined to make me feel stupid enough to google them so I can find the correct spelling. But I don't google a word if I don't get a red line under it.
But damn it, for weeks now I have been spelling it "Mien" Kampf" and when I type "Mien" it DOES NOT give me a red line, but when I spell it "Mein" correctly it does. I've been using this meme for weeks to poke fun of Mein Drumpf. So why is my spell checker doing this?
And also when Kampf it also does the same thing.
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RE: Stupid Spell Check.
March 20, 2016 at 8:02 am
Because the spell checker is looking for English words. 'Mien' is an English word, 'Mein' and 'Kampf' are not.
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RE: Stupid Spell Check.
March 20, 2016 at 6:37 pm
Also when a word is underlined in red, instead of googling it, right click on it and the correct word will appear in a drop down menu.
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RE: Stupid Spell Check.
March 20, 2016 at 7:01 pm
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RE: Stupid Spell Check.
March 20, 2016 at 7:03 pm
You can add to dictionary if you right click, and then select 'add to dictionary'
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RE: Stupid Spell Check.
March 20, 2016 at 9:14 pm
You might want to add can't and won't.
Clearly your spell checker has a very positive attitude to omit these words. :-)
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RE: Stupid Spell Check.
March 25, 2018 at 6:44 am
You don't have a clue how it works, so Spell Check is stupid? smh&lol