Mozilla, PLEASE let's have language variants properly supported by their individual dictionaries having primacy! E.g. But in that case, a standard reference, such as the Macquarie Dictionary of Australian English, could be used as arbiter. NSW used "-or" endings while VIC and TAS used "-our"), tho' I believe that may have changed with the common curriculum reforms. Historically, different Australian States taught different spelling systems in school (e.g.
Guess I'll have to add capitalised (yes, that's the right spelling!) words to this dictionary individually …! Cameron, where are you when we need you? Also, a tiny peeve: Why wouldn't an Aussie spell-checker mark the American spellings wrong? I can think of two likely answers: (1) That might be too hard, depending on Mozilla's implementation of language variants (say they might allow everything in the "main" language dictionary, and ALSO anything in the "variant" or "dialect" dictionary) - which would be a pity, since we then end up with a Not-Quite-Right spelling for our variant of the language OR (2) They aren't wrong - just less common. What kind of English dictionary allows a word in lowercase, but not capitalised? - with initial caps? Perhaps Firefox remembers my saved spelling for "Favourite", from my using "Add to dictionary"? Well, to test the theory, let's add "Favour". A basic test with Firefox 57: 1) Color? OR Colour? 2) Favor? OR Favour? 3) Favorite? OR Favourite? Bizarrely, while typing this I get squiggly red underlines on both "Colour" and "Favour" but NOT on "Favourite"! But also, "favour" seems acceptable, and as for "colour"? That works, too.
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