Re: Making emacs use british dictionary with ispell

On 01/11/13 07:47, Worik Stanton wrote:
> I cannot get anything but american spelling with ispell.
>
> I have installed wbritish-insane and used select-default-ispell to
> select it.
>
> emacs is using aspell, but that is meant to be a drop in replacement.
>
> I cannot tolerate 'z' in plase of 's' in words like 'organisation'.

This used to bother me too, as an irritating Americanism, but then I 
realized (aha) that the Americans are right - it is the etymologically 
correct usage and was common in non-US countries until the start of the 
20th century, when the English decided they wanted to appear more French 
(one explanation). Of course, it didn't become canon - Nature (the 
journal, not the essential force) only started allowing -ise endings at 
all in the last twenty years. The OED still lists the -ize endings as 
the definite spelling, with alternative usage of -ise. I could not, with 
consistency, object to 'sulfur' or 'center' while accepting 'monetise'. 
Now -ise endings rub me up the wrong way, as a supercilicious 
anti-Americanism, but 'f' instead of 'ph' does too, as high-handed 
revisionism, undermining the intuitivity of the language for intuitivity 
of pronunciation. I have lost all sense of regional identity. So, I now 
just ignore spell-check for my sanity, and work on the basis that 
provided you are consistent, it's fine - someone will always complain.

Of course, 'analyze' is just plain wrong.

More info, see : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling
To ensure accuracy, you could install en-GB-oed if available, but 
unfortunately that loses the specifics of en-NZ, if required.

Apologies that this does not help with your technical problem.

Regards,
PTW

PS Rather than proofing the above adequately, I claim McKean/Muphry's 
Law in advance.

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