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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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modular747

Level 6

19,668 points

Posted on Jan 30, 2011 6:55 PM

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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20 replies

Mar 22, 2012 4:02 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Correct. My hardware keyboard is Spanish, which is what I'm used to. Then switching between Spanish & English using the 'globe' key I get a Spanish or UK English spellcheck, depending on what language I want to write.

WPetrie

Level 1

0 points

May 22, 2012 8:24 AM in response to Tanguay

To deal with words that end in "ize" instead of the "ise" that is now in your UK English Keyboard, you need to program your iPhone's autocorrect. I found the easiest way to do this was to type the word (eg. organization) a couple of times and not let the autocorrect change it. Eventually Autocorrect recognized that "organization" is my prefered choice and gave it as the option. It still says that it's spelt wrong, but and the end of the day, who cares? I find it more annoying for autocorrect to place in the US spelling than inserting a wavy red line at the bottom of a correct word.

May 23, 2011 9:35 PM in response to aonghas

Finally, a solution!

Thank you so much, you've made my phone use a lot easier today

Mar 11, 2011 1:44 PM in response to Jay's Account

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?

Slvwrx

Level 1

9 points

Mar 24, 2011 12:57 PM in response to lordoth

Gotta click the globe now to change the keyboard when typing...

iPhone autocorrect (british)