Turning off spelling check

Is it possible to completely turn off the spelling check feature of Mac OS X, globally for all applications? This is because I often type in various languages, and because I just don't like those red lines appearing all the time. Each time I enter a new application, I have to turn it off!
Since this is a feature of Mac OS X, all those apps are using, is isn't it possible to just turn it off allover?

Just wanted to say I second Dedekind's primary
request: a global option to switch off spell check
for all apps would be great. For now, some
applications do have this option, but some don't and
it is a problem for any user that often writes in
more than one language (that is, most of the world,
because non-americans often have English words mixed
up with local languages)
Me too, (or me three or whatever). In some applications--my current example being OmniOutliner Pro--you seem to have to turn off the spellcheck every time you open a new document. I have solved the problem in OO, I think, by adding it into the global template, but it keeps popping up in other applications that don't have their own separate spellcheck. Surely there's a way to do this???
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Tyler,
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Wise-***.
As you probably know there are a lot of words that no dictionary understand. Especially if you mix swedish and english in the same documents, and also mix a lot of programming language.
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Hello everyone,
I would like to know how I can turn off spellchecking in MAC OS X Tiger. Occasionally I write emails in German using my English MAC OS X and am bothered by red underlining. How can turn off this feature?
Thank you very much

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