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1314683 2012-11-26 00:02:00 Is there some way to reset the Google dictionary - I imagine it resides in my puter somewhere .

I'm getting the suffixes underscored with red which usually indicates that it see a bad spelling - but that's just wrong .

I get things like this all the time::: association - where the underscore is red & squiggly . 		SurferJoe46 (51)
1314684 2012-11-26 00:08:00 Is this in Chrome or Firefox? Chilling_Silence (9)
1314685 2012-11-26 00:17:00 Firefox - but I thought it would carry over globally to Chrome too. Not using Xhrome at the moment - don't really want it again if I can stay away from it. SurferJoe46 (51)
1314686 2012-11-26 00:35:00 1. Open your application data folder. On XP or Vista, go to your Start menu and hit Run (or just press Windows-R) and paste in %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
2. Find your profile folder, which by default should look something like xxxxxxxx.default
3. Inside your profile folder, find the file called persdict.dat, this is your dictionary file

You can then either open it in Notepad / Wordpad and edit it manually, or to clear the dictionary entirely just delete the file and restart Firefox :)

It shouldn't be sync'd between Chrome / Firefox, it should be independent. 		Chilling_Silence (9)
1314687 2012-11-26 00:37:00 OK - going there to do it.

Thanks. 		SurferJoe46 (51)
1314688 2012-11-26 00:41:00 Ewwww. It only had 5 words in it - technical words from building bass guitars - that's all. This is a fairly new installation of XP-Pro on a puter that I put together out of scraps and pieces.

Ever try to find NEW IDE drives?

I still get the suffixes of words underscored with the squiggle red lines. 		SurferJoe46 (51)
1314689 2012-11-26 01:03:00 Add them to the dictionary ? Alternatively download the US version vs the UK version? Chilling_Silence (9)
1314690 2012-11-26 01:24:00 I was gonna try that - but then the spell check is kinda worthless .

I've got the US (authentic) version of English installed . The Prez would be proud .

Seriously - it's just each and every suffix - so if I 'allow' them - then the possibility of a word like " antediluvian' with it's underscored 'ian' would be allowed and then the 'antedilu' goes into the long-y --- which even an Aussie knows is wrong .

I suspect there's no answer to this problem - and I've been doing some serious Googling over it too .

Suffixes which offend the Google Spell Checker:::

ian ie: 'avian'
ion ie: 'fusion'
ism ie: 'Darwinism' (don't ask)
ose ie: 'verbose'
ase ie: 'grease'
ing ie: 'going'
ong ie: 'song' (yeah - really!)
rty ie: 'property'

So as you can see it's all messed up . 		SurferJoe46 (51)
1314691 2012-11-26 01:35:00 It's the presidents way of convincing you to download the UK version and speak *real* English ;-) Chilling_Silence (9)
1314692 2012-11-26 02:07:00 Ewwww. It only had 5 words in it - technical words from building bass guitars - that's all. This is a fairly new installation of XP-Pro on a puter that I put together out of scraps and pieces.

Ever try to find NEW IDE drives?

I still get the suffixes of words underscored with the squiggle red lines.
When it comes across a word it doesn't like but you know is, just click the button to add it to the dictionary. 		mikebartnz (21)
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