diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/edit.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/edit.controller.js
index a8f4ff0226..e318860e25 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/edit.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/edit.controller.js
@@ -318,7 +318,19 @@
             // TODO: Add "..." to publish button label if there are more than one variant to publish - currently it just adds the elipses if there's more than 1 variant
             if ($scope.content.variants.length > 1) {
                 //before we launch the dialog we want to execute all client side validations first
-                if (formHelper.submitForm({ scope: $scope, action: "publish" })) {
+                if (formHelper.submitForm({ scope: $scope, action: "publish", formCtrl: $scope.contentForm })) {
+
+                    //we need to check if the current form is dirty and if so we need to update the current variant's isEdited property to true
+                    //so that the publish dialog knows that it's a dirty culture and that it should be allowed to be published
+                    if ($scope.contentForm.$dirty) {
+                        _.each($scope.content.variants, function (d) {
+                            //set the isEdited flag if it's the current one
+                            if (d.current === true) {
+                                d.isEdited = true;
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
+
                     var dialog = {
                         title: localizationService.localize("content_readyToPublish"),
                         view: "publish",
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/NuCache/PublishedContent.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/NuCache/PublishedContent.cs
index 4ae94ad3c0..0b8e6a4fe9 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/NuCache/PublishedContent.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/NuCache/PublishedContent.cs
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.NuCache
                 if (_contentData.CultureInfos == null)
                     throw new Exception("oops: _contentDate.CultureInfos is null.");
                 return _cultureInfos = _contentData.CultureInfos
-                    .ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => new PublishedCultureInfo(x.Key, x.Value.Name, x.Value.Date));
+                    .ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => new PublishedCultureInfo(x.Key, x.Value.Name, x.Value.Date), StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
             }
         }