Removal of language files... HELP.

Hi...
Like many users probably, I have removed un-needed language files from my Mac OS X using, in my case, a programme called Macaroni... Which is great and freed up about 2GB of hard drive space.
However... I seem to acidentally deleted the UK English spelling dictionary from Mac OS X. For instance, now when I use Mac Mail, if I spell the word 'colour' and not 'color' then it gets highlighted as a spelling error. This seems to be the case across a series of applications.
Does anyone know how I can restore the UK English spelling dictionary to Mac OS X without, obviously, having in re-install the OS...
Thanks

Thanks.
I have got Pacifist and was told to install,
System --> Library --> Services for something called "AppleSpell.service".
I did that. But it didn't fix the problem. I will try what you suggest.
By archive and install you mean completely reinstall the OS...? How do archive your current set up and software when you go about doing something like that...?

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