iPhone autocorrect (british)

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iPhone autocorrect (british)

Greetings, Apple discussions.

I am a canadian iPhone user.

I have my language set to British English

So why, please tell me why, does my iPhone "autocorrect" favourite back to the american "favorite" when I type with autocorrect on?

(same goes for armour - armor, capitalise - capitalize.. etc. this is getting really annoying)

iPhone 4, iOS 4, 16 GB

Posted on Jan 30, 2011 6:45 PM

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Answer 1

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modular747

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Jan 30, 2011 6:55 PM in response to Jay's Account

I have my language set to British English

The Keyboard setting determines the Autocorrect dictionary, not the Language setting:

Settings > General > International > Keyboards > English (UK)

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Answer 2

aonghas

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May 8, 2011 6:11 AM in response to Jay's Account

I have an iPad 2 and I came across the same problem (I live in New Zealand so I wanted the dollar sign but also British spelling)

I solved it by deleting the US keyboard and adding a new keyboard. I chose UK English and then under the keyboard layout I chose US international -PC.

Now I have British English auto correction but still have the US keyboard layout.

Hope this helped.

Cheers

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Answer 3

alryder

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Jan 30, 2011 6:52 PM in response to Jay's Account

I think autocorrect uses the dictionary for the keyboard you have selected.Try Settings-->General-->Keyboard-->International Keyboard and see what language you have selected there.

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Answer 4

Feb 15, 2011 10:15 PM in response to modular747

Thanks.

I went to Settings - General - International - Keyboards
and clicked English, then under Hardware Keyboard Layout I chose British.

I then restarted my phone.

It still auto'corrects' favourite into favorite and it seems to like replacing 'colour' with 'collie'

Did I do something wrong?

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Answer 5

lordoth

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Mar 24, 2011 12:51 AM in response to Jay's Account

Have you clicked the little globe next to the spacebar on your iPhones keyboard when writing a message? It should display the current keyboard language. I used this thread to change it just now and it's working perfect for me

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dankton12

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Mar 24, 2011 1:59 AM in response to Jay's Account

Jay's Account wrote:
Come on, aren't there any UK iphone users out there who can help me out? How do you guys type in UK english properly with autocorrect?

Om my iPhone4 the keyboard is set to 'English UK' and does not throw up the American spellings.

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Answer 7

Mar 29, 2011 5:17 PM in response to Slvwrx

if you have more than one keyboard, it does that.
If you delete the other ones it'll default to your only keyboard, the UK one.

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The problem with the UK keyboard, I realise, is that the £ sign replaces the $ sign. I am in canada. This is a problem.
Unbelievable that they don't have a canadian localisation that works, whether it be keyboard layout or spellchecking.

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Tanguay

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Oct 28, 2011 8:23 AM in response to Jay's Account

Thanks for the solution... However a new problem arises: Organization (in Canada), now becomes Organisation and any other "ize" ending words, will become "ise".

What we really need is our country's English dictionaries added to the keyboards. I doubt the cost of programming a Canadian, New Zealander, Australian or other English keyboards would outweight the benefits. If I can have French Canadian, I should also have the option of its English counterpart!

My rant and two cents.

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Answer 9

Nov 14, 2011 5:08 AM in response to Tanguay

Since Canada and New Zealand and the like are part of the commonwealth and use the queen's English, they DO officially use spellings that end in -ise, while America tends to use the -ize spelling. To use English colour and favourite but American organization is sort of a weird mashup. I can see them not making a dictionary for that.

Good luck in finding a solution though!

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alfpang

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Dec 31, 2011 10:55 AM in response to aonghas

"I solved it by deleting the US keyboard and adding a new keyboard. I chose UK English and then under the keyboard layout I chose US international -PC.

Now I have British English auto correction but still have the US keyboard layout."

Didn't work for me (Region:Singapore) -- still have the pound sign. At least iPhone's spellling has improved!

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Kerry78

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Dec 31, 2011 11:42 AM in response to Jay's Account

i'm here in the UK and have the 4S

the auto spelling spells everything as it should the Brit way

perhaps its just something with the phone where you bought it as ur one is a canadian (US)

handset its probaly stuck to that lingo lol

btw i'm sure you prob figure a way

I had a AT&T iPhone just recentley set uit up on itunes

UK it totally set everything up in brit too even the 12 days of xmas app worked on it

I think they do not have this app for the US?

lol so if you visit the UK set yer phone up with itunes here lol

Happy new Year btw 🙂

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Answer 12

Jan 2, 2012 9:39 PM in response to Kerry78

Thanks Kerry.

A way was figured out.

Set your main keyboard to "English (UK)" but choose the "USA - PC" layout instead of the Britain layout.

That gives you proper spelling corrections, but lets you keep the $ sign instead of the £ sign.

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Kerry78

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Jan 3, 2012 2:57 PM in response to Jay's Account

LOL OK No prob 😉

I just knew my iPhone was spelling everything the full Brit way

got all the Cash Cow symbols too 😝

oh and the annoying posh British Siri Guy which I changed to the Australian woman straight away lol

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Answer 14

Mar 22, 2012 12:17 PM in response to Jay's Account

Being a Brit living in Spain I need at least 2 keyboards on the go (usually between 3 and 5).

I had this problem with US English too until I realised it has nothing to do with keyboard selection but language selection.

The language you select (in International) is not 'English' but 'British English' (I finally found this option at the bottom of the list - just below Vietnamese!!)

My keyboard is set to Spanish ISO but it still corrects 'favorite' to 'favourite'. Just check the language 😉

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Answer 15

Tom Gewecke

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Mar 22, 2012 2:39 PM in response to murcianix

Normally the spellcheck/autocorrect is supposed to follow the "software" keyboard. The idea is, of course, that you can then have your OS in any "language" and then have spell check in any other language you want by switching only the keyboard via the globe key (or apple/command + space) on a hardware keyboard. So it's a bit odd if you are getting British Spellcheck when your "software" keyboard is set to Spanish. Is that really the case, or is it in fact set to English (UK) and you have your "hardware" setting on Spanish ISO? That is what I would expect.

You should be able to have your OS Language set to French or Vietnamese and your hardware keyboard set to Spanish ISO and still have British English spellcheck if your software keyboard is set to English (UK).

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