Re: ispell default dictionary keeps reverting to "american"

[Sven Joachim]

Kevin Brubeck Unhammer <pixiemotion@gmail.com> writes:

> Sven Joachim skreiv:
>> So I'd presume that C-u M-x ispell-change-dictionary (interactively)
>> or (setq ispell-change-dictionary "nynorsk" t) (in your .emacs) do the
>> trick.  Does that work?
>
> Seems like it should, yeah, but even with the prefix argument, the
> value changes just before pressing M-$. I can start emacs, do "C-h v
> ispell-dictionary" and it tells me it's set to "nynorsk", then I do M-
> $ and I get only American suggestions for spelling, "C-h v ispell-
> dictionary" again tells me that it's set to "american".
>
> Right after starting emacs, I can do "C-u M-x ispell-change-dictionary
> RET nynorsk", and it tells me "No change, using nynorsk dictionary",
> but still on the first spellcheck it'll revert to "american". _After_
> the first spellcheck though, I can use ispell-change-dictionary to set
> it to "nynorsk" locally, and it stays that way in that buffer
> (although setting it globally doesn't override "american", I have to
> set it locally in each new buffer _after_ running at least one ispell-
> check).

It is possible that you are using an outdated version of ispell.el.
Debian has such a beast in its dictionaries-common package, and I
presume the same is the case on Ubuntu.  What does
(locate-library "ispell") give?

Regards,
        Sven