# So either Facebook or Firefox are still spell-checking Barack Obama

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-either-facebook-or-firefox-are-still-spell-checking-barack-obama/474212>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 24, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-either-facebook-or-firefox-are-still-spell-checking-barack-obama/474212 "2008-11-24T05:21:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-either-facebook-or-firefox-are-still-spell-checking-barack-obama/474212/21 "2008-11-25T02:36:37Z")

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Right now, Barack is my mainest man and I can’t even get worked up about this.

But I see the longterm negative implications for the Obama administration in this.

😛

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**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-either-facebook-or-firefox-are-still-spell-checking-barack-obama/474212/22 "2008-11-25T03:49:36Z")

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> [@Dead\_Badger](#):
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> That’s because it’s spelt with an ‘e’.
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> (Or have I been whooshed?)
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> Edit: okay, almost always with an ‘e’. I have no wish to get into the usual prescriptivism thing here. 🙂

Both are correct, and any spell checker should recognize both.

> **[Definition of ADVISER](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advisor)**
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> someone who gives advice… See the full definition

(Also, the spelling with an ‘o’ gets more google hits.)

Also, I just found out that “google” and “spelt” are not recognized.

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**Author:** ![DoubleJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DoubleJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoubleJ)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-either-facebook-or-firefox-are-still-spell-checking-barack-obama/474212/23 "2008-11-25T14:14:52Z")

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> [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](#):
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> Both are correct, and any spell checker should recognize both.
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> [ADVISOR Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advisor)
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> (Also, the spelling with an ‘o’ gets more google hits.)
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> Also, I just found out that “google” and “spelt” are not recognized.

“Adviser” always looks weird to me (though Firefox “allows” it, and recommends it as a replacement for “advisor”). “Google” as a brand name is OK, “google” with no uppercase is not. Ditto for “Kleenex” and “kleenex”.

“Barack” and “Obama” are both part of my user-defined dictionary, under the assumption that I’m going to need those words at some point in the next four years.

And “spelt” is underlined because it’s not a correct spelling in en-US – you want “spelled” 🙂

Edit: With all the red underlines I was causing on purpose I missed one that I put in on accident.

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**Author:** ![Influential\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Influential\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Influential_Panda)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-either-facebook-or-firefox-are-still-spell-checking-barack-obama/474212/24 "2008-11-25T14:19:05Z")

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I cant spell obama and I’m MAD AS HELL ABOUT IT!!!

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