English spelling. I am English, writing English. Why does italki say my spelling is wrong? I write things on italki but get RED SQUIGGLY UNDERLINING everywhere. Unfortunately, italki does NOT like the

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English spelling. I am English, writing English. Why does italki say my spelling is wrong?

I write things on italki but get RED SQUIGGLY UNDERLINING everywhere. Unfortunately, italki does NOT like the way I spell. It does not FAVOUR my spelling, so adds red COLOUR to it ... aaargghhh! it's done it again.

Maybe when this is published the red underlining will vanish: they will accept that as I am English I can't spell English words. So none of you out there will see all this RED UNDERLINING that I have on this page. I feel like TRAVELLING (aaargghhh it's done it again) to italki HQ and saying something very rude.

According to italki the only correct spelling is the American way. However, I will continue to LABOUR away, diligently spelling English my English way... and being forever told by italki I am wrong.

Aaaaarggghhhhh! (this got red underlining too. How do Americans spell a scream of despair?)

التعليقات · 17

That's not Italki, that's your browser. It depends on which one you're using but they will all function similarly. The language checking will be based on the dictionary that your browser thinks that you want to use.

You will be typing your entries into a text box in Italki, but it could be on any web site. If you right click in the text box you will see a context menu. In Firefox you will see the option Languages... which, if you select it, will reveal a list of the dictionaries installed in Firefox. You can elect to download different add-ons with different language dictionaries. In my case I see English (United States) only because that was the default, but also English (Australia) and Italian (Italy). It's set to English (Australian) as the default.

In Chrome, if you right click you will see a "Spellcheck" option which again opens a flyout with the languages that you have available, as well as an option for language settings.

You just need to make sure that your browser default is set to UK English rather than American English to avoid the problem of the COLOUR of the HARBOUR. (In my case it is color and harbor that get the red squigglies.)

I second what Alan said. Check the spellcheck dictionary that your browser has. Looks like it has US English, while you are using British English. It's not italki.

Jerry! Darling! We're both going to sink without trace. Chinglish will rule.

Heavens above!

Things DEFAULT to American spelling? SHOCKING! However am I to cope with the modern world?

I BLAME Mr WEBSTER!!!!! But at least he didn't get his way with 'wimmin' !!! (At least not in terms of spelling! I wouldn't know about his social antics)

I'VE DONE IT!

Hunted through Google Chrome advanced settings and found out how to turn off American English.

COLOUR. HARBOUR. TRAVELLING. PLOUGH. Oh bliss! No more red squiggly lines.

Thank you everyone!

لا تفوّت فرصة تعلّم لغة جديدة وأنت مرتاح في منزلك. تصفّح مجموعتنا المختارة من مدرّسي اللغات ذوي الخبرة وسجّل في درسك الأول الآن!

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