Windows and Internet Explorer "Favorites"

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This has been bugging for a while now. Its spelt wrong! The only place

anywhere in the world I could find where anybody spelt it like that (without

the "u") was in Peurto Rico. Weird that Microsoft would spell it that way

just for them, but weirder that it cannot just be set to the Windows locale.



Any way to change this?



Obviously I need to see it spelt as per British English as "Favourites".



Many thanks,

Alain
 
Alain Dekker wrote:

> This has been bugging for a while now. Its spelt wrong! The only place

> anywhere in the world I could find where anybody spelt it like that (without

> the "u") was in Peurto Rico. Weird that Microsoft would spell it that way

> just for them, but weirder that it cannot just be set to the Windows locale.

>

> Any way to change this?

>

> Obviously I need to see it spelt as per British English as "Favourites".

>

> Many thanks,

> Alain

>

>



If that's the only problem you're having with Windows, count your lucky

stars. Oh, and it's spelled *Puerto* Rico.



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> Alain Dekker wrote:

>> This has been bugging for a while now. Its spelt wrong! The only place

>> anywhere in the world I could find where anybody spelt it like that (without

>> the "u") was in Peurto Rico. Weird that Microsoft would spell it that way

>> just for them, but weirder that it cannot just be set to the Windows locale.

>>

>> Any way to change this?

>>

>> Obviously I need to see it spelt as per British English as "Favourites".

>>

>> Many thanks,

>> Alain

>>

>>

>

> If that's the only problem you're having with Windows, count your lucky

> stars. Oh, and it's spelled *Puerto* Rico.

>



And Alain is spelled Alan. :-P





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Install an English-UK, -AU, -CA, etc., language version of Windows.



Alain Dekker wrote:

> This has been bugging for a while now. Its spelt wrong! The only place

> anywhere in the world I could find where anybody spelt it like that

> (without

> the "u") was in Peurto Rico. Weird that Microsoft would spell it that way

> just for them, but weirder that it cannot just be set to the Windows

> locale.

>

> Any way to change this?

>

> Obviously I need to see it spelt as per British English as "Favourites".
 
"Alain Dekker" wrote in message

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> This has been bugging for a while now.



> Its spelt wrong!



Spelt wrong?



Notable Spelling differences between American and British English

http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones/differences.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#Historical_origins



See PA Bears post, if you don't like the American English spelling of

"Favorites".



Understandable that the word would be spelled "Favorites" in Puerto Rico.

Since the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a self-governing unincorporated

territory of the United States, they spell it the American English

way..."Favorites".



Good luck,



Donald Anadell







> The only place anywhere in the world I could find where anybody spelt it

> like that (without the "u") was in Peurto Rico. Weird that Microsoft would

> spell it that way just for them, but weirder that it cannot just be set to

> the Windows locale.

>

> Any way to change this?

>

> Obviously I need to see it spelt as per British English as "Favourites".

>

> Many thanks,

> Alain

>
 
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:59:33 -0000, "Alain Dekker"

wrote:



> This has been bugging for a while now. Its spelt wrong! The only place

> anywhere in the world I could find where anybody spelt it like that (without

> the "u")





All of us (or almost all of us) in the USA spell it "favorites,"

*without* the "u." This is not an issue of right vs. wrong; it's an

issue of different spelling standards in the USA and the UK.





> was in Peurto Rico.





That, however, *is* an issue of right vs. wrong. In both the USA and

the UK, it's spelled "Puerto Rico" (and also note that what those in

the UK write as "spelt," we in the USA write as "spelled).





> Weird that Microsoft would spell it that way

> just for them, but weirder that it cannot just be set to the Windows locale.

>

> Any way to change this?

>

> Obviously I need to see it spelt as per British English as "Favourites".

>

> Many thanks,

> Alain

>



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I take it then that you cannot change "Favorite" to "Favourite" in IE, then?



Thanks,

Alain



"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message

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> On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:59:33 -0000, "Alain Dekker"

> wrote:

>

>> This has been bugging for a while now. Its spelt wrong! The only place

>> anywhere in the world I could find where anybody spelt it like that

>> (without

>> the "u")

>

>

> All of us (or almost all of us) in the USA spell it "favorites,"

> *without* the "u." This is not an issue of right vs. wrong; it's an

> issue of different spelling standards in the USA and the UK.

>

>

>> was in Peurto Rico.

>

>

> That, however, *is* an issue of right vs. wrong. In both the USA and

> the UK, it's spelled "Puerto Rico" (and also note that what those in

> the UK write as "spelt," we in the USA write as "spelled).

>

>

>> Weird that Microsoft would spell it that way

>> just for them, but weirder that it cannot just be set to the Windows

>> locale.

>>

>> Any way to change this?

>>

>> Obviously I need to see it spelt as per British English as "Favourites".

>>

>> Many thanks,

>> Alain

>>

>

> --

> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
Silly comment. Its spelt "Alain" in France (my origins), and variously

Allen, Allan and Alan. Granted "Alan" is probably the most common spelling

on average.



"Terry R." wrote in message

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> On 3/2/2010 9:09 AM On a whim, Alias pounded out on the keyboard

>

>> Alain Dekker wrote:

>>> This has been bugging for a while now. Its spelt wrong! The only place

>>> anywhere in the world I could find where anybody spelt it like that

>>> (without

>>> the "u") was in Peurto Rico. Weird that Microsoft would spell it that

>>> way

>>> just for them, but weirder that it cannot just be set to the Windows

>>> locale.

>>>

>>> Any way to change this?

>>>

>>> Obviously I need to see it spelt as per British English as "Favourites".

>>>

>>> Many thanks,

>>> Alain

>>>

>>>

>>

>> If that's the only problem you're having with Windows, count your lucky

>> stars. Oh, and it's spelled *Puerto* Rico.

>>

>

> And Alain is spelled Alan. :-P

>

>

> Terry R.

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Thanks for that comment.



"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message

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> Install an English-UK, -AU, -CA, etc., language version of Windows.

>

> Alain Dekker wrote:

>> This has been bugging for a while now. Its spelt wrong! The only place

>> anywhere in the world I could find where anybody spelt it like that

>> (without

>> the "u") was in Peurto Rico. Weird that Microsoft would spell it that way

>> just for them, but weirder that it cannot just be set to the Windows

>> locale.

>>

>> Any way to change this?

>>

>> Obviously I need to see it spelt as per British English as "Favourites".

>
 
Sure you can: Just install an, e.g., English-UK language version of Windows.



Alain Dekker wrote:

> I take it then that you cannot change "Favorite" to "Favourite" in IE,

> then?

>

> Thanks,

> Alain

>

> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message

> news:fbvqo5lm17jpqvn91gib0g8u53a2etknu4@4ax.com...

>> On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:59:33 -0000, "Alain Dekker"

>> wrote:

>>

>>> This has been bugging for a while now. Its spelt wrong! The only place

>>> anywhere in the world I could find where anybody spelt it like that

>>> (without

>>> the "u")

>>

>>

>> All of us (or almost all of us) in the USA spell it "favorites,"

>> *without* the "u." This is not an issue of right vs. wrong; it's an

>> issue of different spelling standards in the USA and the UK.

>>

>>

>>> was in Peurto Rico.

>>

>>

>> That, however, *is* an issue of right vs. wrong. In both the USA and

>> the UK, it's spelled "Puerto Rico" (and also note that what those in

>> the UK write as "spelt," we in the USA write as "spelled).

>>

>>

>>> Weird that Microsoft would spell it that way

>>> just for them, but weirder that it cannot just be set to the Windows

>>> locale.

>>>

>>> Any way to change this?

>>>

>>> Obviously I need to see it spelt as per British English as "Favourites".

>>>

>>> Many thanks,

>>> Alain

>>>

>>

>> --

>> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003

>> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
On 3/4/2010 7:36 AM On a whim, Alain Dekker pounded out on the keyboard



> Silly comment. Its spelt "Alain" in France (my origins), and variously

> Allen, Allan and Alan. Granted "Alan" is probably the most common spelling

> on average.

>

> "Terry R." wrote in message

> news:eYgJ90iuKHA.4940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> On 3/2/2010 9:09 AM On a whim, Alias pounded out on the keyboard

>>

>>> Alain Dekker wrote:

>>>> This has been bugging for a while now. Its spelt wrong! The only place

>>>> anywhere in the world I could find where anybody spelt it like that

>>>> (without

>>>> the "u") was in Peurto Rico. Weird that Microsoft would spell it that

>>>> way

>>>> just for them, but weirder that it cannot just be set to the Windows

>>>> locale.

>>>>

>>>> Any way to change this?

>>>>

>>>> Obviously I need to see it spelt as per British English as "Favourites".

>>>>

>>>> Many thanks,

>>>> Alain

>>>>

>>>>

>>> If that's the only problem you're having with Windows, count your lucky

>>> stars. Oh, and it's spelled *Puerto* Rico.

>>>

>> And Alain is spelled Alan. :-P

>>

>>

>> Terry R.

>

>



That was my point.



And "Favorites" is spelled that way in the US. Here you want your name

spelled the way it "is" in France, and yet you want Favorites spelled

the British way. I think you'd love Burger King.... :-P





Terry R.

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Umm, people can not be born in France and still have a French name. I know

people who spell "Catherine with a 'K'". That should be obvious to most

reasonable people. That using software with US-only spelling is annoying to

non-Americans, should also be obvious to most reasonable people. Asking

whether that can be changed would seem reasonable as well.



"Terry R." wrote in message

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> On 3/4/2010 7:36 AM On a whim, Alain Dekker pounded out on the keyboard

>

>> Silly comment. Its spelt "Alain" in France (my origins), and variously

>> Allen, Allan and Alan. Granted "Alan" is probably the most common

>> spelling

>> on average.

>>

>> "Terry R." wrote in message

>> news:eYgJ90iuKHA.4940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> On 3/2/2010 9:09 AM On a whim, Alias pounded out on the keyboard

>>>

>>>> Alain Dekker wrote:

>>>>> This has been bugging for a while now. Its spelt wrong! The only place

>>>>> anywhere in the world I could find where anybody spelt it like that

>>>>> (without

>>>>> the "u") was in Peurto Rico. Weird that Microsoft would spell it that

>>>>> way

>>>>> just for them, but weirder that it cannot just be set to the Windows

>>>>> locale.

>>>>>

>>>>> Any way to change this?

>>>>>

>>>>> Obviously I need to see it spelt as per British English as

>>>>> "Favourites".

>>>>>

>>>>> Many thanks,

>>>>> Alain

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>> If that's the only problem you're having with Windows, count your lucky

>>>> stars. Oh, and it's spelled *Puerto* Rico.

>>>>

>>> And Alain is spelled Alan. :-P

>>>

>>>

>>> Terry R.

>>

>>

>

> That was my point.

>

> And "Favorites" is spelled that way in the US. Here you want your name

> spelled the way it "is" in France, and yet you want Favorites spelled the

> British way. I think you'd love Burger King.... :-P

>

>

> Terry R.

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