Has Anyone Noticed That Spellchecker

[emmie]

or whatever on a/b recognises Brexit as a proper word, strange..

[Mamyalynne]

Well it has made its way into the dictionaries, so obviously they've updated spellcheck on the browser accordingly.

[Jackdaw33]

You can add words to the spellchecker dictionary on an ad hoc basis. Just right-click on the word. When I typed this the word hoc was underlined but no longer.

[emmie]

i didn't know that it had been added,

[Mamyalynne]

I think Emmie means her browser spellchecker.

[jno]

AB doesn't correct spelling or auto-complete words; it'll be something in your own computer doing that.

[Old_Geezer]

Maybe your spellchecker used to highlight it as an error and you selected the option to add it as correct to the dictionary ?

[emmie]

words that are misspelt show up with a wiggly line underneath to indicate the word is incorrect. so you can go back and type in the correct spelling.

[Mamyalynne]

It is in Dictionaries, was coined in 2012 I believe.


https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/brexit

[Jackdaw33]

Not necessarily incorrectly spelt, merely that it is not in your dictionary. You can add new words at any time, there is no limit. I have loads of Welsh words in my dictionary which would be normally underlined.

[emmie]

i didn't know that it went back that far, interesting.