British vs. American Spelling
I've noticed that a lot of people on this forum (who live in America) use British spelling. Am I the only person who has always used American spelling since I first came here? It never occurred to me to keep spelling words the British way, but now I am wondering whether, after almost 36 years here, that was really necessary.
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When I first came here I tried to be consistent; I used standard English spelling when writing to family or friends who were British or Canadian, but always used American spelling at work in memos, reports etc. Now I deliberately mix and match, just to keep everyone on their toes.
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Re: British vs. American Spelling
Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 10022031)
When I first came here I tried to be consistent; I used standard English spelling when writing to family or friends who were British or Canadian, but always used American spelling at work in memos, reports etc. Now I deliberately mix and match, just to keep everyone on their toes.
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I mostly use US spelling although I will sometimes write things like "colo(u)r" or "labo(u)r" and I can't even remember which of "-ize" and "-ise" is US or British ...
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Originally Posted by md95065
(Post 10022099)
I can't even remember which of "-ize" and "-ise" is US or British ...
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Originally Posted by Primula
(Post 10022109)
I get confused too with some spellings. I only recently realized that Brits spell curb as kerb (at least I think they do).
I still use the spellings I used before I came here. I send off emails with things like -our and -ise in them all the time and I honestly don't think anyone notices :lol: |
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American spelling for Americans, British for the British. Simple as that. Mind you, I can't be arzed :-) to switch the phone's language so the autocorrect on that goes a little OTT.
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English vs American Spelling?
I use English but sometimes my spell checker gets me. |
Re: British vs. American Spelling
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 10022164)
I send off emails with things like -our and -ise in them all the time and I honestly don't think anyone notices :lol:
And only recently did I find out that glamour is spelled glamour here. For 36 years I have been using my own spelling of glamor! |
Re: British vs. American Spelling
Originally Posted by Primula
(Post 10022213)
Another strange thing, which I only found out recently, is that wedding invitations and such like here are always printed in British English. "We request the honour of your company; the reception will be held at such and such theatre, etc. etc.
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Re: British vs. American Spelling
Originally Posted by Primula
(Post 10022109)
I get confused too with some spellings. I only recently realized that Brits spell curb as kerb (at least I think they do).
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Re: British vs. American Spelling
Originally Posted by md95065
(Post 10022099)
I mostly use US spelling although I will sometimes write things like "colo(u)r" or "labo(u)r" and I can't even remember which of "-ize" and "-ise" is US or British ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling |
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I often use American when mailing some friends - just to p#ss them off.
Some bite more than others. |
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I used to make an effort to change the autocorrect from US spellings back to English on my iPad. Now I generally can't be arsed and get lots of " you are spelling like an American" responses. Actually I'm just lazy.
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I like to use both, preferably in the same post or e-mail, it makes me feel bilingual !
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