Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-06 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
»Q« wrote: In , "Paul B. Gallagher" wrote: It also seems to matter which English dictionary is used. Mine is just listed as "English/United States" and came bundled with SM; I didn't download it as an add-on. If I go to "Download more dictiona

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-06 Thread »Q«
In , "Paul B. Gallagher" wrote: > It also seems to matter which English dictionary is used. Mine is > just listed as "English/United States" and came bundled with SM; I > didn't download it as an add-on. If I go to "Download more > dictionaries,"

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-03 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
»Q« wrote: In , "Paul B. Gallagher" wrote: If your theory is correct, the following should all be flagged, since "ll" is not a word: The word list contains not only words but abbreviations; "ll" is in the word list because it's an abbrevia

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-03 Thread »Q«
In , "Paul B. Gallagher" wrote: > If your theory is correct, the following should all be flagged, since > "ll" is not a word: The word list contains not only words but abbreviations; "ll" is in the word list because it's an abbreviation for "l

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-03 Thread mozilla-lists . mbourne
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: This morning, I wrote: Spell-checked an outgoing message tonight that contained this sentence: For example, the common respectful greeting 오셨습니까 means literally, “You’ve come,” and a Korean may end

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-03 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: That may be because the parts taken separately are not flagged by the spell checker. "I", "he", "we" and "re" are words, and the single letters "m" and "d" are not flagged by the spell checker individually either (strangely, "i", "o" and "u" appear to

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-03 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: This morning, I wrote: Spell-checked an outgoing message tonight that contained this sentence: For example, the common respectful greeting 오셨습니까 means literally, “You’ve come,” and a Korean may end a conversation by saying

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-03 Thread mozilla-lists . mbourne
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: This morning, I wrote: Spell-checked an outgoing message tonight that contained this sentence: For example, the common respectful greeting 오셨습니까 means literally, “You’ve come,” and a Korean may end a conversation by saying “Then” (그럼). SM ignored the Korean bit and fl

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-03 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
»Q« wrote: You might take it up with the ultimate upstream for the English (GB, US, and CA at least) dictionaries, . That page has links to their mailing list and their bug tracker. You might want to take a look at their bug tracker -- there are some entrie

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-03 Thread »Q«
In , "Paul B. Gallagher" wrote: > This morning, I wrote: > > > Spell-checked an outgoing message tonight that contained this > > sentence: > > > > For example, the common respectful greeting 오셨습니까 > > means literally, “You’ve come,” and a Korean

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-03 Thread Mason83
On 03/03/2016 02:50, David E. Ross wrote: > On 3/2/2016 10:22 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >> David E. Ross wrote: >> >>> On 3/2/2016 12:40 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Spell-checked an outgoing message tonight that contained this sentence: For example, the common respectful greeting

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-02 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
David E. Ross wrote: On 3/2/2016 10:22 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: David E. Ross wrote: On 3/2/2016 12:40 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Spell-checked an outgoing message tonight that contained this sentence: For example, the common respectful greeting 오셨습니까 means literally, “You’ve come,” an

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-02 Thread David E. Ross
On 3/2/2016 5:50 PM, David E. Ross wrote: > On 3/2/2016 10:22 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >> David E. Ross wrote: >> >>> On 3/2/2016 12:40 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Spell-checked an outgoing message tonight that contained this sentence: For example, the common respectful greeting

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-02 Thread David E. Ross
On 3/2/2016 10:22 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: > >> On 3/2/2016 12:40 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >>> Spell-checked an outgoing message tonight that contained this sentence: >>> >>> For example, the common respectful greeting 오셨습니까 >>> means literally, “You’ve come,” and a

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-02 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
This morning, I wrote: Spell-checked an outgoing message tonight that contained this sentence: For example, the common respectful greeting 오셨습니까 means literally, “You’ve come,” and a Korean may end a conversation by saying “Then” (그럼). SM ignored the Korean bit and flagged the word "ve," thoug

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-02 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
David E. Ross wrote: On 3/2/2016 12:40 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Spell-checked an outgoing message tonight that contained this sentence: For example, the common respectful greeting 오셨습니까 means literally, “You’ve come,” and a Korean may end a conversation by saying “Then” (그럼). SM ignored t

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-02 Thread EE
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Spell-checked an outgoing message tonight that contained this sentence: For example, the common respectful greeting 오셨습니까 means literally, “You’ve come,” and a Korean may end a conversation by saying “Then” (그럼). SM ignored the Korean bit and flagged the word "ve," thou

Re: Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-02 Thread David E. Ross
On 3/2/2016 12:40 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > Spell-checked an outgoing message tonight that contained this sentence: > > For example, the common respectful greeting 오셨습니까 > means literally, “You’ve come,” and a Korean may end > a conversation by saying “Then” (그럼). > > SM ignored the Korean b

Spell checker doesn't understand curly apostrophes

2016-03-02 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Spell-checked an outgoing message tonight that contained this sentence: For example, the common respectful greeting 오셨습니까 means literally, “You’ve come,” and a Korean may end a conversation by saying “Then” (그럼). SM ignored the Korean bit and flagged the word "ve," though it would have been per