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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The Microsoft Linguistic Orthodoxy #6010 09/02/00 11:36 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Has anyone got anyone got any creative ways to fight back against the Microsoft linguistic orthodoxy? One of the things that I was delighted to discover when I switched from Office 97 to Corel's WP8 was a much wider range of English variants to choose from. WordPerfect even offers Australian English as a choice, and, as that is as close to NZ English as any word-processor is ever likely to offer, I have set that as my default. Now I get pinged whenever I spell a word -ize, instead of -ise. How's that for killing two birds with one stone? Break from M$ hegemony, and get more choices as to the default language for your spell-checker Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted The Microsoft Linguistic Orthodoxy crazylegs 09/02/00 08:10 PM Re: The Microsoft Linguistic Orthodoxy apples + oranges 09/02/00 08:31 PM Re: The Microsoft Linguistic Orthodoxy Jazzoctopus 09/02/00 09:28 PM Re: The Microsoft Linguistic Orthodoxy Bingley 09/04/00 06:21 AM Re: The Microsoft Linguistic Orthodoxy lusy 09/09/00 07:04 AM Re: The Microsoft Linguistic Orthodoxy Max Quordlepleen 09/02/00 11:36 PM Re: The Microsoft Linguistic Orthodoxy Bridget 09/03/00 09:53 AM Re: The Microsoft Linguistic Orthodoxy Max Quordlepleen 09/03/00 07:22 PM Re: The Microsoft Linguistic Orthodoxy Bridget 09/03/00 09:55 AM Re: The Microsoft Linguistic Orthodoxy crazylegs 09/03/00 09:53 PM Re: The Microsoft Linguistic Orthodoxy jmh 09/10/00 09:26 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 761 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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