In that case, it seems my customizations are relevant: '(ispell-local-dictionary "british+accs") '(ispell-program-name "/usr/bin/aspell") and (setq ispell-local-dictionary-alist (append ispell-local-dictionary-alist '(("british+accs" ; British version "[[:alpha:]]" "[^[:alpha:]]" "[-'‘’]" nil ("-B" "-d" "en_GB") nil utf-8)))) Note that the only point of these customizations is to allow the use of accented letters and curly quotes in English words. On 31 October 2012 12:31, Agustin Martin wrote: > [Sorry, replied directly to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org instead of > 12768@debbugs.gnu.org] > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 01:23:12PM +0000, Reuben Thomas wrote: > > For example, "executable's" is highlighted by flyspell, but > > ispell-buffer ignores it. > > Cannot reproduce here, both ispell-buffer and flyspell reject the word with > en_US aspell dict. > > Tried with emacs-snapshot and normal Debian emacs24. > > -- > Agustin > -- http://rrt.sc3d.org