On 8/29/2017 7:28 PM, pyotr filipivich wrote:
Steve Hayes on Tue, 29 Aug 2017 06:08:05 +0200
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 06:38:10 -0000 (UTC), Joe Scotch
wrote:

I keep a registry shortcut to a text file for all the words that get red
squiggled when I type, where I'd like Windows to SPEAK the list to me on
command so that I can start embedding into my brain the distinctions.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\spell.exe
Default = c:\notes\spelling_errors.txt

Is it Windows that does this squiggling?

When did it start doing that?

I've been trying to find what it is that does the squiggling because
it so often marks correct spellings as incorrect.

I first noticed it on Facebook, and thought that was responsible, but
now I think it is Firefox that is doing it, but I can't find a setting
for it, or how to find its dictionary.

I found that if I click on the word, under the list of "proper
spellings" is "add to dictionary".

I suspect that it is a Firefox thing.

If it was Windows doing it, then surely it would be checking this
message as I type, but no, my typos are unmarked.
Many years ago I learned the value of the pronunciation guide in the
dictionary.

I was born in Indiana and took a job in eastern North Carolina. One day
I was teasing one of the locals about their pronunciation of a word.
After discussing who was right and who was wrong, they got a dictionary
which showed the pronunciation. I pronounce the word based on the way I
spoke the guide letters, they pronounce the word based on the way they
pronounced the guide letters. Guess what both of our pronunciations
were correct as we both pronounced the guide letters in out own accent.

So we continue to correctly pronounce the word with our own accent.

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