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I think the point the article is trying to make there is about the power of defaults. Sure, you can disable the grammar and spellcheck (I do that too), or you c
by pm215 3y ago
I think the point the article is trying to make there is about the power of defaults. Sure, you can disable the grammar and spellcheck (I do that too), or you can configure it to specifically UK English and otherwise adjust it, but most users will not, and so on aggregate the choice of default setting will exert some pressure on the user base.
- notahacker 3y agoTbh I find most UK spellcheck's determination to replace "-ize" (a valid spelling in British English which the Oxford English Dictionary actually prefers for most words) with "-ise" even more annoying...
- bloak 3y agoThat one should be a configuration option. Most British publishers (I think) use -ise, but some use -ize, and no publisher would be happy with a paragraph in which both spellings are used (unless they are in quotations in an academic text).
- fostware 3y agoFor a good few years, Word's English (Australian) dictionary, was practically a renamed EN_US dictionary. Because if it, I fear the number of people from that era had their spelling localization errors metastasize and crystalize. (Yes, Chrome is not far behind)