Bug 484453

Summary:	Spellchecking uses American English when British English is specified
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-sonnet	Reporter:	Peter <p.wibberley>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Martin Sandsmark <martin.sandsmark>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	minor	CC:	kdedev, kdelibs-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.0.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Peter 2024-03-25 14:35:38 UTC

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SUMMARY
Spell checking seems to assume American English spellings - "endeavor" and "specialize" - even when British English is selected.  

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set language to British English
2. Run spellcheck in Kmail or Kate
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
"endeavour" is flagged as incorrect, with "endeavor" suggested as correct spelling.

EXPECTED RESULT
"endeavour" should not be flagged as incorrect.   

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma:  KDE Neon 6.0
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0.
Qt Version: 6.6.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
'System Settings'.'Region and Language' shows language as 'British English'.

Comment 1 Peter 2024-05-08 17:23:49 UTC

(In reply to Peter from comment #0)
> ***
> If you're not sure this is actually a bug, instead post about it at
> https://discuss.kde.org
> 
> If you're reporting a crash, attach a backtrace with debug symbols; see
> https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/
> How_to_create_useful_crash_reports
> ***
> 
> SUMMARY
> Spell checking seems to assume American English spellings - "endeavor" and
> "specialize" - even when British English is selected.  
> 
> STEPS TO REPRODUCE
> 1. Set language to British English
> 2. Run spellcheck in Kmail or Kate
> 3. 
> 
> OBSERVED RESULT
> "endeavour" is flagged as incorrect, with "endeavor" suggested as correct
> spelling.
> 
> EXPECTED RESULT
> "endeavour" should not be flagged as incorrect.   
> 
> SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
> Windows: 
> macOS: 
> Linux/KDE Plasma:  KDE Neon 6.0
> (available in About System)
> KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.2
> KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0.
> Qt Version: 6.6.2
> 
> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
> 'System Settings'.'Region and Language' shows language as 'British English'.

"sudo apt-get install hunspell-en-gb" seems to have solved the problem.  Not sure why I was being given the option for UK English if the dictionary wasn't installed, but working OK, now.

Comment 2 TraceyC 2025-04-04 19:50:05 UTC

This looks like the same problem as bug 470490. I'm marking this as a duplicate of that report.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 470490 ***