What other words are spelt different in "American English" to "English-English" spellings?
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Patato and potato
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color - colour favor - favour draft - draught tire - tyre center - centre labor - labour theater - theatre check - cheque donut - doughnut and I could go on
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"spelt" and "spelled"
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Here's a good site for you. It also contrasts the differences in spelling rules as well: http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones/spelling.htm
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One that you see in TV dramas a lot is 'Burglarize'. In England, a burglar is someone who burgles a house, or commits an act of burglary. To us, 'burglarize' sounds like the act of turning someone into a burglar. Burglars burgle!
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Any word that ends in ise in UK English, such as customise, will end in ize in American. Also US English has some words ending in ize that don't exist in UK English - burglarize springs to mind. Words ending our in UK English (colour, candour, demeanour) drop the u. The English disc becomes disk, except in the case of compact disc. Words that end in gue in UK English (eg analogue and dialogue) drop the ue in American. However, when using some words in a way specific to computers UK English uses some American spellings - dialog box is correct, as are hard disk and program, which is normally programme in English.
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License/lisence I believe. Cozy and cosy.
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There are many, MANY words spelled differently in American English as opposed to British English. I found this on wikipedia that shows the many differences in spelling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences
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Judgement and judgment.
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