Closed Bug 302810 Opened 19 years ago Closed 19 years ago

UK dictionary does not accept Labour as valid

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Message Compose Window
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
trivial

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 296123

People

(Reporter: a.ramage, Assigned: mscott)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

One of the differences between English/UK and English/US is that Labor (US) is
spelled Labour in the UK.  (Labour is also the name of an UK poloitcal party so
should be included for that reason if no other.)  I do not know if other such
words (eg color/colour) are also affected,  year, saving us from 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Type a message using English spelling
2. Select English/UK from the drop-down list of available dictionaries
3. Recheck page.

Actual Results:  
Labour still not considered a valid word.

Expected Results:  
sent the message without questioning the spelling.
Duplicate of/related to bug 296123?
(In reply to comment #1)
> Duplicate of/related to bug 296123?

Yes



*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 296123 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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