Finally decided to do something about the Windows Live Writer Dictionary myself. As I suspected the dictionary is just a text file that is available in other applications. So I found somewhere where I could download the British Dictionary and replaced the file.
The replaced file is ssceam.clx in c:program fileswindows live writerdictionaries
Sorted.
No I can write colour and prioritise, honour and saviour without having to remember which is the right one.
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Graham Chastney 
Can you explain how to do it? so i can make mine in spanish… Thanx in advance!
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I’m not sure I can give you many more details, it’s really as simple as it says in the post.
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Graham. Thanks for the tip!
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Graham;
Thanks. Do you know a place where one can get dictionaries in this format in other languages?
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Sorry Mario I don’t but I do know what the files are called that you are looking for:
American English Dictionary (ssceam2.clx).
American Legal Dictionary (sscela2.clx).
American Medical Dictionary (sscema2.clx).
Brazilian Portuguese Dictionary (sscepb2.clx).
British English Dictionary (sscebr2.clx).
British Legal Dictionary (sscelb2.clx).
British Medical Dictionary (sscemb2.clx).
Danish Dictionary (ssceda2.clx).
Dutch Dictionary (scedu2.clx).
Finnish Dictionary (sscefi2.clx).
French Dictionary (sscefr2.clx).
German Dictionary (sscege2.clx).
Italian Dictionary (ssceit2.clx).
Norwegian Bokmal Dictionary (sscenb2.clx).
Portuguese Dictionary (sscepo2.clx).
Spanish Dictionary (sscesp2.clx).
Swedish Dictionary (sscesw2.clx).
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Thanks. This is very helpful.
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Thanks for this simple fix, Graham.
I’ve added some more information about the .tlx file part of this in my post on this subject:
http://veroblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/using-british-english-spelling-in-windows-live-writer/
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That link in tiny form:
http://tinyurl.com/2k6pvq
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Useful information, although
By the way, just one thing on American spelling. A quote from “Plain Words”, by Sir Ernest Gowers, published by HMSO.
On the Question of whether words like Organise or Organisation should be spelt with an s or a z, authorities differ. There are some words (e.g Advertise, comprise, despise, advise, exercise and surmise) which are never spelled with a z. There are others (such as Organize) for which the spelling with z is the only American form , and is also a very common British one. This being so the British writer has the advantage over the American in that we may, if we wish, use an s all the time, for that will never be wrong, whereas a Z sometimes will be. But do not condemn those who use z in it’s right place.
I tend to use z because I learnt years ago that Organize was correct, and Organise was a Victorian affectation
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Thanks for the tip. Works a treat.
Steve.
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Nice one thanks! If only I could find a way for it to auto-capitalise I!
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Hi,
not bad…
Have a nice day
GlenStef
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