[Douglas G. Brown]

Originally Posted by Chris O'Carroll

And surely Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has done roadkill cuisine.

But to refocus on Ann's original point about British vs. American spelling, although Lucy will edit winning entries to change, for example, "color" to "colour," "recognize" to "recognise," and "esophagus" to "oesophagus," I reckon it's always a good policy for Americans entering the comp to adopt British orthography as much as possible. Shows that we're making an effort.

Chris,
Does Microsoft offer a UK version of spell check?

[John Whitworth]

Yes it does but NBG.

[Brian Allgar]

Originally Posted by Douglas G. Brown

Chris,
Does Microsoft offer a UK version of spell check?

Nah, to do that, they would need someone at Microsoft who can spell. Or even read.

[Matt Q]

I'm just wondering: other than my piece of prose and my name and the competition number / title, is there anything other information I need to include in the email to Lucy? My address for example? I've not done this before.

Many thanks,

Matt

[Jerome Betts]

Yes, postal address is required. Think Lucy sometimes has a reminder about including it, so they can divvy up the dosh when you win.

[Ann Drysdale]

But if you do win, they'll ask for your bank details so that if you become a regular contender they can pay by bank transfer.

[Matt Q]

Thanks, Jerome. Much appreciated.

Ann, thanks too. And there I was thinking it'd be book tokens for some reason

[Chris O'Carroll]

Originally Posted by Douglas G. Brown

Does Microsoft offer a UK version of spell check?

Microsoft Word comes with a variety of Spellcheck alternatives built in. Try opening a Word document on your computer and selecting "Options" from the Tools menu. Then select "Choose a Dictionary" from the Options menu.

[Jerome Betts]

Ah, thanks for the reminder Ann. I seem to remember filling in some Spectator form once.

Matt, the New Statesman sometimes awarded book tokens, for e.g. £5, for winning small entries, one liners etc. Chris O'Carroll is more likely to know whether they still do.

[Brian Allgar]

They do indeed, Jerome. I've got a couple of the little buggers sitting quite uselessly in my flat in Paris.

But it's also a problem on those occasions when I hit the big time. There's no Tesco here, either.