"bride-elect" -- an odd term

[Mark Mandel]

Ahhhh!! Thank you!

m a m

On 11/3/07, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
>
> 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.
>

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