Spell checker

[chessicle]

Has anyone else noticed that the spell checker doesn't recognise the word "Nephrologist"?  Seems a bit ironic to me, on a site such as this!

[Epoman]

Has anyone else noticed that the spell checker doesn't recognise the word "Nephrologist"?  Seems a bit ironic to me, on a site such as this!

It is ironic isn't. But what's more ironic is that you spelled "recognise" (recognize) wrong when the spell check did in fact tell you it was wrong. Or did you not use spell check?

- Epoman
Owner/Admin

[chessicle]

Only Americans spell it with a "z", dude.

[okarol]

from m-w.com Merriam-Webster online dictionary:

recognise
One entry found for recognise.

Main Entry: rec·og·nise
chiefly British variant of RECOGNIZE

[kitkatz]

Oh God Here we go again!      Shall I put out the lawn chairs, again?

[Epoman]

Oh God Here we go again!      Shall I put out the lawn chairs, again?

LOL, nah don't worry I'll keep my mouth shut. 

[Sluff]

 

[tamara]

from m-w.com Merriam-Webster online dictionary:

recognise
One entry found for recognise.

Main Entry: rec·og·nise
chiefly British variant of RECOGNIZE

Yes I was going to bring this up earlier, but then thought.....................don't go there LOL

I like how it's got " British variant", how can the "English English" be the variant, not the "American English" spelling?     

[BigSky]

It might be because the Merriam-Webster dictionary has it roots in America. 

It was how Webster was a stout Federalist and  viewed that the British aristocracy  had corrupted the English language in its grammar and its spelling thus creating their own standard for proper spelling and pronunciation.

In essence he didn't feel Americans should be burdened by this old way of thinking and needed a new way, an American way, a way of the people, not unlike his thoughts as  a Federalist and how the US should be a American country,  a country run by its people, not the British.

 

[chessicle]

Perhaps we should accept that English is spoken in England, American in America, Australian in Australia - but how far do you take it?  Scottish in Scotland?  Are we that different from the English?  Should it become "British"?  That's a terrible idea.  And of course Welsh is a completely different language altogether anyway!

[okarol]

Has anyone else noticed that the spell checker doesn't recognise the word "Nephrologist"?  Seems a bit ironic to me, on a site such as this!

The fun part is that you are given the following choices as replacement words:

Neurologist
Numerologist

Yeah, much more likely to need help with nerves or numbers!

[billoggblog]

So! Let me see if I've got this right:-

[billoggblog]

The word "Recognise" was recognised, as the recognised spelling for the word Recognised in the English language before it was recognised by the Americans that recognised should be spelled recognized in the American language.
IS THAT RIGHT?

Now that this is truly A global site, we have to recognis/ze the occasional idiosyncrasy
Even the Google spell checker recognises both!
HEY! why should I care I'm Scottish..........................I started writing the way I spoke no-one would understand A b****y word!

[billoggblog]

 

[chessicle]

Ah prob'ly wud.  Gie it a try!  Ah'm no a teuchter, mind.

(Not spell checked)
(And it's quoted the wrong entry; I meant the one two above)

[kitkatz]

God help us!

[mymoonring]

LOL I have used spell checker and matched it with a dictionary. And i  have  to say its not a purfect world LOL