DUNKS Posted January 5, 2024 Report Share Posted January 5, 2024 Can any one please help? I have my windows 10 set for English United kingdom. But it is still set in the US style and keeps attempting to make me spell some words wrong. Any clues on how I can stop this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted January 5, 2024 Report Share Posted January 5, 2024 I have exactly the same issue with W7, I use Chrome browser if that matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted January 5, 2024 Report Share Posted January 5, 2024 Which programme are you talking about? This isn't a system-level setting and how to change spellcheck settings varies according to whether you're using Word, Chrome, etc. I think you might be getting spell check confused with keyboard layout, which is a system level setting, and appears in the bottom right hand corner in the taskbar. This of course has no influence on spellcheck of Chrome for instance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfanz Posted January 5, 2024 Report Share Posted January 5, 2024 no issues with firefox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted January 5, 2024 Report Share Posted January 5, 2024 Check you are set to English. The display language you select changes the default language used by Windows features like Settings and File Explorer. Select Start > Settings > Time & language > Language & region. Choose a language from the Windows display language menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted January 5, 2024 Report Share Posted January 5, 2024 Sounds like you are in English US language mode instead of English UK. Should be in settings and language settings then can change it to UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted January 5, 2024 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2024 Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted January 5, 2024 Report Share Posted January 5, 2024 I delight in informing Americans that there is no such language as “American English”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted January 6, 2024 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2024 14 hours ago, ShootingEgg said: Sounds like you are in English US language mode instead of English UK. Should be in settings and language settings then can change it to UK Yep done that and it is set to UK. Still does not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 6, 2024 Report Share Posted January 6, 2024 In a sporting goods shop in Apalachicola on the Florida panhandle, the female owner congratulated me on my perfect English, I pointed out that I was English. She replied, "Oh, I didn't realise that". 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted January 6, 2024 Report Share Posted January 6, 2024 (edited) Worth a go? How do I change spell check from US to UK English? Easily Switch Between American and British Spellcheck Once it's open, go to File > Options. Under Proofing, you can look for the grammar check options, but that doesn't determine the language. Therefore, you have to go to the Word Options window and then to the Language tab. Edited January 6, 2024 by Weihrauch17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted January 6, 2024 Report Share Posted January 6, 2024 2 hours ago, Cranfield said: In a sporting goods shop in Apalachicola on the Florida panhandle, the female owner congratulated me on my perfect English, I pointed out that I was English. She replied, "Oh, I didn't realise that". 🙄 Two Nations divided by a common language. Also, they do not understand our sense of humour. A similar experience. Many years back at an Oracle Applications User Group conference in Phoenix Arizona two lady accountants from Ben and Jerry ice creams said to me “Robert, we do like our accent” to which I replied ”I do not have an accent. I am English”. Their response was classic, along the lines of “So sorry, of course, we should have realised that”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted January 6, 2024 Report Share Posted January 6, 2024 10 hours ago, DUNKS said: Yep done that and it is set to UK. Still does not work. So it maybe that the program you are using is spell checking in US. check the language settings on that specific program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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