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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Spelling Checker in Mail.app
Date: 2 Jan 2014 02:32:06 GMT
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On 2014-01-02, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <bijraeFk459U1@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2014-01-02, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> > In article <52c453e3$0$52739$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
>> >  Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> In article <lybanon-65107C.11131101012014@70-3-168-216.pools.spcsdns.net>,
>> >> Matthew Lybanon  <lybanon@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >I understand that it probably just looks like one continuous block of 
>> >> >text to the spelling checker.  But does anybody know of some secret 
>> >> >flag, or something, that can tell the spelling checker to restrict its 
>> >> >search to only the text that I type?
>> >> 
>> >> What is the problem with it checking quoted text? Does it slow down
>> >> the spellchecking? Do the underlined words annoy you? Something else?
>> >
>> > If you're not going to correct the errors (would you?), what's the point 
>> > of marking them?
>> 
>> I don't see the problem. Are you unable to ignore them?
>
> I almost never use spell checkers. One of the reasons is that I find 
> those red squigglies really annoying. My communication is full of lots 
> of abbreviations and technical jargon that isn't in the dictionaries. 
> Yes, I know you can update them, but it's a PITA.

So turn it off. 

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