This is apparently the exact opposite of Bug 445863. My system is set to en_GB yet Empathy continually underlines words that are not spelled the American English way.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: empathy 2.34.0-0ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 26 23:13:32 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: empathy
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XsessionErrors: (process:2961): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
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