still getting en_BR spelling checks in firefox -and- incomplete language support

[Skaperen]

i am still getting en_BR spelling checks in firefox. i should be getting en_US. i have removed all packages i can find with "british" in the name. yet this is still happening. i have looked for references in /etc but find none (or don't know the right things to look for). i recall encountering a case a few weeks ago of another application doing spelling checks with en_BR. i have used right-click >> Add to Dictionary on many words like "color" so i don't see the red underlines for a en_US spelling. does anyone know how to fix this?

i'm still getting that "Incomplete Language Support" pop up when i boot up and log in to admin. i tracked that down as something missing for British language support. it apparently thinks the system wants en_BR. could this be something leaked into the distro by a Canonical developer? where is the default system language specified? can this be related to my firefox spelling check issue?

[Artim]

Perhaps this was done at installation time by mistake? On my Xubuntu I installed Synaptic just so I could use the search feature for obscure stuff... perhaps a Synaptic search of "en_US" could be helpful, or a re-install of the language packages you want.

[Skaperen]

Perhaps this was done at installation time by mistake? On my Xubuntu I installed Synaptic just so I could use the search feature for obscure stuff... perhaps a Synaptic search of "en_US" could be helpful, or a re-install of the language packages you want.

it usually defaults to US for the keyboard, so i have gotten into the habit of just pressing enter to get past it. but if that was changed, that would be my mistake for not being observant. i will do the reinstall of the language packages and see if that helps. i did also install the packages for the Scandinavian languages. i don't know if that could confuse anything.

[Artim]

Let us know if that works. I am learning sign language, by the way. Totally off-topic, but perhaps future editions of Xubuntu will offer it as an option!

[Skaperen]

there are websites that do. i ran across some nice ones a few years ago.

[Skaperen]

sorry for the delayed reply.

yes, it does seem to have worked. now i am getting squiggly red underlines on "colour" just as i would expect with an American dictionary in effect.

while doing that i saw packages for Australia, Canada, and South Africa. i removed all of those to be sure. there was also a generic (no language or country name shown) language package for firefox. it was among those that were re-installed. everything with "English" in the name or description was reinstalled or if it had another country listed, was removed. all the packages for Scandinavian languages were untouched (dictionaries).