UK dialects to be added to Office dictionary

Microsoft Office's dictionary could soon contain words sent in by you

Your Microsoft Office spell checker might be a little different in future - the software behemoth wants you to send it quirky dialect words to include in its dictionary. Quite why you'd be writing such slang in a word document is beyond us but hey, we quite fancy the idea of it.

So here we go with the inevitable 'token use of slang' paragraph. If you know your 'dannies' (hands) from your 'neb' (nose), or your 'buttie' (sandwich) from your 'tatties' (potatoes) then you need to send your entries to dialect@microsoft.com with details of where you live and where the word is from (if you know). Send them to us too as we'll round up the best in a blog.

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