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From: Christopher Suckling <suckling.list@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: OT: spelling dictionary on Mac OS, and apple script
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:30:05 +0100
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On 5 Jun 2009, at 08:12, Carsten Dominik wrote:

> I'm sure all of you know by now how bad a typist/speller I am.
> A small part of this problem is that I write constantly in
> three language, Dutch, German, and English.  Therefore I have
> my spell checker on my Mac Powerbook set to "Multilingual".  So
> this spell checker will accept "adres" and "address" and
> "adresse" all as correctly spelled :-(
>
> I cannot be bothered to use the mouse to change the dictionary
> all the time.  I would, however, use a hotkey to switch
> dictionaries.  Does anyone here know how to do this, maybe
> using applescript?

Have a look at the script at the end of this thread:

http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=28285&p=2

I haven't tested it as I rarely have to venture outside English, but  
it looks promising. UI scripting is a right royal pain in the back.

HTH,

Christopher