After concluding that Apple just doesn’t care about English speaking Canadians I did som experimentation.
Go to the “text replacement” settings and enter the American version as the “shortcut” and the Canadian version as the “phrase”.
Now it no longer “corrects” the Canadian spelling. It even seems to suggest the correct (Canadian) spelling as you type.
it is grossly inconvenient, but immensely satisfying to banish Ben Franklin’s spelling tyranny.
You might need to go with British settings instead.
Set the language and region on iPhone - Apple Support
You might need to go with British settings instead.
Set the language and region on iPhone - Apple Support
Interesting. What Canadian spellings differ from those in the UK? If there really is a drastic difference then send feedback to Apple:
Apple products feedback links - http://www.apple.com/feedback/
Canisminimus wrote:
Well, that just made it magically pop up as an option. Thanks.
That's odd it was not somewhere on your keyboard list. All the keyboards listed in the tech specs should be there regardless of any other language or region settings, as the keyboard governs spellcheck and it is supposed to be independent of where you are and what language your OS is running.
Let us know whether Apple's idea of Canadian spelling conforms to your own. I'm not sure how it does the -ize/ise distinction.
Canisminimus wrote:
I don’t want to use the UK keyboard.
To get Canadian spelling the usual way is to use the keyboard called "English - Canada." How does that work?
It would work much better if “English - Canada” was offered as an option.
There is a French (Canada) option, but that’s not much help to me.
Canadian and UK spelling is not the same, so I’d have to do the same work-around for those differences.
Also, I don’t want to use the UK keyboard.
I posted this more as a suggestion than a question.
Thanks for your response.
Edit: silly forum duplicates again.
If your region is set to “Canada”, the option for an English Canada keyboard should be available. As below.
Well, that just made it magically pop up as an option. Thanks.
My pleasure 🇨🇦.
Canadian spelling is possible but inconvenient
