My spell check fails as a dictionary.

[BlackBlade]

So I've noticed once in awhile I'll be writing, and spell check will tell me I have a misspelled word, and offer corrections that are not the word I'm trying to write. I then have to open up a tab and look up the word in a dictionary just to make sure I'm spelling it right, only to be informed that yes, I have, but spell check is stupid.

Today's word was endeavour. To be fair my browser thinks it should always be spelled endeavor, but since this is the second time it has happened today, and I could not remember the earlier offense, I'm starting with this entry.

I would be interested in knowing if these words or future ones also come up as wrong when you try to type them in a text box.

*clicks the add to dictionary option*

[Tante Shvester]

There is a Yiddish phrase "schep naches", meaning, "derive joy [from]".  Spell check forever suggests that what I really mean to say is "schlep nachos", which means "tote a tasty, cheesy appetizer", which is not really the same thing at all.

Also, what's the deal with "analogue" and "catalogue" and "omelette"?  Are they all officially truncated to "analog", "catalog", and "omelet"?   When did that happen?

[Porter]

Today's word was endeavour.

Go back home, you Brit!  We don't cotton to spellings like that over here.

[BlackBlade]

<grin>

I really wish I could recall the earlier example, it was a better one.