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Wed 13 Oct, 2004 06:25 pm
What words do the British spell differently? List them here...sometimes it surprises me.
Color / Colour
Organization / Organisation
Gray / Grey
...?
Jail / Gaol
Although that one is on the decline.
the sisters use cheque instead of check.....
All the o/ou words
labor/labour
favorite/favourite
honor/honour
theater/theatre
center/centre
argument/arguement
I've seen advise instead of advice.
I say tomato, you say tomato. Doesn't work so well in writing...
Anyway, spellings
recognise vs. recognize and all the other -ise words
through vs. thru (or so I'm told)
aeroplane vs. airplane, although that's not so much spelling as a whole different word
Merlin, advise is the verb as in 'to advise' whereas advice is the noun.
I think anything that's -ize or -izate -ization in America is spelled with an s over there... or vice versa, I can never remember. And ped- as referring to children (not feet) is spelled paed-.
The British don't spell them differently, the Americans spell them differently. :wink:
I agree! It is 'English' after all....
@MerlinsGodson: 'Advise' and 'Advice' have 2 different meanings...they're not different spellings of the same word.
And McTag, I agree. We had them first. :p
Hello, Stuh,
I think I've posted a long list for the counterparts:
http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=868042#868042
Aluminum (US) & Aluminium (UK)
And that annoying thing with dates:
mm/dd/yy (US) & dd/mm/yy (UK)
And gallons are smaller in the US.
There is a reason why Americans spell things differently, which Setanta enlightened me with, I'll try to find the piece he wrote.
And why is today 2004-11-24 on A2K, when we all know it's really 24-11-2004?
You say skeptic & I say sceptic.
Hi Msolga. I find it interesting that 9/11 is refered to as such in the wide world, when really, most of us would rather call it 11/9 or even "The Eleventh of September".
PS. You can change how the date is displayed in your Profile (near the bottom). dd/mm/yyy rules!
MerlinsGodson wrote:I've seen advise instead of advice.
Advise is the verb - advice is the noun.
I fone gives somebody advice, one is advising them.
It isn't one of the different spellings.
Where is Setanta btw? I miss him.
"You're just
Too marvellous
And oh! So very, very
To e-
ver be
In Webster's Diction-ery...."
Or an English version could be
"You're just
So spiffing
And I know what I seed in ya
You could
Be found
In Britannica Encyclopaedia...."
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