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Ok. So when I write
Favourite
And
colour.

And I spell check the things I wrote. The spell check says it’s
favorite
And
Color

Now I was wondering, what’s up with that?! Cause- according to my dictionary, my way is the good way,

PLEASE HELP I RATE

Colour is the British way, Color is American. Same with Favourite and Favorite. Both are correct. But you are much, much smarter than your spell check.

Read 'Ode to the Spell Checker' (http://www.geocities.com/tthor.geo/spellchecker.html). Every word in that poem got past a spell check, but very few of them are used correctly (it may take you some time to read it--don't concentrate on what the words are, just read the sounds). So don't rely only on a spell check--mine tells me my last name should be Breezeway.

If you want to make sure it never does this again, you can add 'favourite' and 'colour' to the list of accepted words.

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(Rating: 5) okay thanks =]

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