english spelling and osx

how irritating - osx insists that american spelling is best. we can prevail. this all came to light in pages (iwork) insisting that color was the correct spelling of colour. wrong, wrong, wrong.

easy fix:

• system preferences
• international
• language
• edit list
• check the british english option
• click ok
• drag the british english right to the top (where it should be obviously ;)

now when you next start apps, english (not american english) will be the default.

phew.