"bride-elect" -- an odd term

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 11/3/07, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
> PS: The spell checker in my Firefox browser, or maybe my Gmail, is
> underlining Wilson's "okay"! Anyone know how to turn it off?

That would be Firefox providing that "service." You can right-click on
the word (or control-click on a Mac) and add it to the custom
dictionary. Or you can go to your Firefox Preferences (Advanced,
General) and toggle off the spellcheck.

--Ben Zimmer

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