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British English dictionary in firefox

OK I downloaded the dictionary and installed it. It said that it would take effect next time I start Firefox, no joy, still not getting the correct spellings for English. What am I doing wrong?
11:25 Sun 03rd Apr 201113 answers, last by Red_John 21:27 Mon 04th Apr 2011
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spell checker...

very good ed but why is it defaulting to American spelling? e.g. synchronize is ok but synchronise is not!
12:58 Sat 02nd Apr 20113 answers, last by Quizmonster 07:02 Sun 03rd Apr 2011
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Why can't society solve this problem?

http://news.sky.com/s...Ceop_Most_Wanted_List Surely once convicted of this sort of offence they can be deemed insane and as such locked up forever. OK they do their time and are out again, generally...
10:30 Fri 01st Apr 20115 answers, last by sandyRoe 12:38 Sat 02nd Apr 2011
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April fools in the news

I do not buy a paper generally but a guy in the office has the independent, apparently to help Portugal with the national debt they are selling Ronaldo to Spain for 120m Euros! Anyone report any...
10:01 Fri 01st Apr 201116 answers, last by karenmac60 22:30 Fri 01st Apr 2011
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Bird Song/Call.....

I have recently inherited a noisy little chap in my garden, from sunrise he starts what I think is a call rather than actual song. it is a series of between 4 and 8 high pitch beeps. He can go on for...
12:53 Thu 31st Mar 20117 answers, last by Red_John 13:55 Thu 31st Mar 2011
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Ban animals in circuses?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...d-manchester-12915365 I thought they already had. Surely no one finds all that animal stuff remotely amusing anyway!...
22:44 Wed 30th Mar 201112 answers, last by rov1100 13:51 Thu 31st Mar 2011
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Why must we allow these trespassers?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...-isle-of-man-12910356 Why do beardy wierdies have a right to walk through peoples back gardens? I sympathise with Clarkson and also Madonna who has had similar problems....
22:11 Wed 30th Mar 201156 answers, last by Tuddypat 20:50 Fri 01st Apr 2011
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Is this plausible anyway?

Delighted as I am that we now seem to have the gumption to tell the EU where to go, surely this is not plausible anyway. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12879566 Can you imagine all the cities...
21:46 Mon 28th Mar 201120 answers, last by jackthehat 08:55 Wed 30th Mar 2011
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How can the sweaties say this isn't racism?

http://news.bbc.co.uk.../scotland/9438033.stm Lobbing Banana's, all be it illegal ones, on to the pitch and making monkey noises is sort of racist, surely??...
12:02 Mon 28th Mar 201137 answers, last by lynbrown 10:40 Wed 30th Mar 2011
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World record pit stop?

Button's crew changed the wheels and tyres in 3.8 seconds today, is that a record? I did a google and the fastest I could find was a 4 second stop in and indy race.
19:26 Sun 27th Mar 20119 answers, last by New Judge 18:10 Mon 28th Mar 2011
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The great unwashed

what's that march all about then? What's got them all so angry?
14:33 Sun 27th Mar 201117 answers, last by Steve.5 02:31 Mon 28th Mar 2011

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