William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Mon, 3 May 2004 15:03:41 -0700: > On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 10:55:40PM +0100, Michael Graham wrote: > > Clive wrote: > > > > > > I can't answer your question but what does gb localisation will give > > > you? I've installed firefox and haven't found any need for gb > > > localisation - just curious ;) > > > > Not much to be honest, but it makes me cringe everytime I see a colour > > without a 'u' (note I expectly wrote that sentence so it never said > > color -- D'oh!!) > > I recently read a killer book about Syd Barrett, and it was so good I > decided to scan and OCR it (in Windows, in MSWord). > > Spell checking an GB-english document using American-englsih spell > checker is awful. Hundreds and hundreds of spelling errors, and grammar > errors. I didn't realize how different our languages actually are until > I ran a spell checker.
If someone wants to fund me a time-machine, I will be very happy to go back and eliminate the problem - namely bloody Webster. -- TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/ Hell - n. The current residence of Mr. Noah Webster, Lexicographer. (Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
