Allan Bell Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 May I suggest a spellchecker be included in the forums. I find myself having to check (cheque) the spelling for certain words from time to time in my Oxford dictionary, not being the brightest with spelling, and a spellchecker here would save some time. Thanking you in anticipation Alamy. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Allen, I have a spellchecker in the Alamy Forum . . . maybe you just don't have it turned on. Look in the Edit menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Why not use the spell checker that comes with your browser. In Firefox: right click when you are typing a text and check the Check Spelling box. Choose between your dictionaries with Languages in the same menu. Adding new dictionaries is in that menu too. I use UK-English; US-English and Dutch. More dictionaries here. In my IE there is no spell checker, but a quick Google search on IE 8 and spell check reveals a couple of 3rd party add-ons. There is a spell checker in IE 10, but I don't have IE 10 (yet). Why do I write spell checker and not spellchecker? Well because my (US) spell checker instructs me to do so. ;-) wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Wim, you tripped across one of the madnesses of language. Another ironic one is that no one can make a solid decision as to which is preferred: copy editor, copy-editor or copyeditor. (Many of these things are "style," and there is flexibility in style.) With the help of the Internet everything will soon look like Germany military ranks. I guess the spellchecker I've been using is on Safari and not Alamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I wish I was on Safari....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Allen, I have a spellchecker in the Alamy Forum . . . maybe you just don't have it turned on. Look in the Edit menu. I couldn't find it either, not that I need it, of course...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Allen, I have a spellchecker in the Alamy Forum . . . maybe you just don't have it turned on. Look in the Edit menu. I couldn't find it either, not that I need it, of course...... Coarse you don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Allen, I have a spellchecker in the Alamy Forum . . . maybe you just don't have it turned on. Look in the Edit menu. Looked???????????? Can't find. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 I wish I was on Safari....... Me too, Africa would be my choice. But I would settle for iMac. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Eye halve a spelling chequerIt came with my pea seaIt plainly marques four my revueMiss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a quay and type a wordAnd weight four it two sayWeather eye am wrong oar writeIt shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maidIt nose bee fore two longAnd eye can put the error riteIt's rare lea ever wrong. Eye have run this poem threw itI am shore your pleased two noIt's letter perfect awl the weighMy chequer tolled me sew. Cheers Col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 What did I do there? If one of the Alamy mods sees the above post can you delete it please. It was supposed to be The Spell ChequerEye halve a spelling chequerIt came with my pea seaIt plainly marques four my revueMiss steaks eye kin knot sea.Eye strike a quay and type a wordAnd weight four it two sayWeather eye am wrong oar writeIt shows me strait a weigh.As soon as a mist ache is maidIt nose bee fore two longAnd eye can put the error riteIt’s rare lea ever wrong.Eye have run this poem threw itI am shore your pleased two noIt’s letter perfect awl the weighMy chequer tolled me sew. Col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Sorry everyone, now its a double post. In the first post the poem came out as a whole load of nonsense characters. I wrote the second post and copies the poem from a different source and when I posted it the first one was fine. Time for a tea break methinks. Cheers col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Sorry everyone, now its a double post. In the first post the poem came out as a whole load of nonsense characters. I wrote the second post and copies the poem from a different source and when I posted it the first one was fine. Time for a tea break methinks. Cheers col There is another thread somewhere about this weird thing that happens sometimes when we reply to a post. Lots of nonsense shows but then if we go away from the thread and come back the post is fine. LOVE the poem Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Sorry everyone, now its a double post. In the first post the poem came out as a whole load of nonsense characters. I wrote the second post and copies the poem from a different source and when I posted it the first one was fine. Time for a tea break methinks. Cheers col There is another thread somewhere about this weird thing that happens sometimes when we reply to a post. Lots of nonsense shows but then if we go away from the thread and come back the post is fine. LOVE the poem Paulette That thread is here, Paulette. Word 2010 wants 'Miss steaks' to be a person: Miss Steaks, but actually partly corrects 'My chequer tolled me sew' as 'My chequer told me sew'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 Eye halve a spelling chequer It came with my pea sea It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a quay and type a word And weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the error rite It's rare lea ever wrong. Eye have run this poem threw it I am shore your pleased two no It's letter perfect awl the weigh My chequer tolled me sew. Cheers Col I wish I was as creative with my images as you are with your words. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Woods Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 Not my words Allan. I remember that someone printed it and pinned it on the noticeboard at work years back. I read this thread and it reminded me of this little poem so I duly found it on the interweb, pinched it and posted it here. Cheers Col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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