[SOLVED]firefox/thunderbird spell checker and the mass of languages

Hey guys,
I'm looking for a possibility to remove some entries from the spell checker language selection. Even without any extra language pack installed, there are about 15 different English version available.  I have to write emails in more than 3 different languages per day, so it takes about 5 seconds to find the right one in the big list. So any one knows a "hack" or addon that can hide or remove some of these entries, so i can leave the 7 important ones i really need? I want to use the precompiled from the official repo, but if only compile from source will do it im fine with it.
thanks in advance.
greetz corubba
Last edited by Corubba (2011-09-28 16:08:05)

/usr/share/hunspell containing all dictionaries that where used. a lot of them are only links to en_US or en_GB. deleted them, and now the spell checker selection only contains the ones i need. Thank you.

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