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The language "English/UK [en-gb]" has American spellings of some words

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The language "English/UK [en-gb]" has American spellings of some words

An example would be "criticised" which shows up as incorrect with a suggested spelling of "criticized" which is not the British spelling of the word.

The language "English/UK [en-gb]" has American spellings of some words An example would be "criticised" which shows up as incorrect with a suggested spelling of "criticized" which is not the British spelling of the word.

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Goto Firefox Preferences > General > Languages

  • Choose English/UK [en-gb] as first one.


Could you explain bit more details, where you're getting the error?