Comment 3 for bug 448549

Just checked, and the problem is no longer present in Ubuntu Lucid.

[~] sudo apt-get install language-support-en
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  hunspell-en-ca hunspell-en-us language-support-writing-en myspell-en-au myspell-en-za wamerican wbritish
Suggested packages:
  hunspell openoffice.org-hunspell openoffice.org-core
The following NEW packages will be installed
  hunspell-en-ca hunspell-en-us language-support-en language-support-writing-en myspell-en-au myspell-en-za wamerican wbritish
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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