Questions that plague me as I begin to write my take-home finals

[laceblade]

It is always my inclination to add the letters "ue" to words like dialog, catalog, etc. so that they are "dialogue," "catalogue," and so forth.

And while we're at it, I always add an "e" to the word "blond."

Are these British spellings that I picked up in my youth? How come the spell check systems (which I tend to LOATHE) in both Microsoft Word and Mozilla Firefox always underline them as being incorrect?

Comments

[goldjadeocean.livejournal.com]

Yes, and so are half of the pronunciations in English. This doesn't mean a British or Canadian 'lievtenant' would be terribly happy to be called by the American version.