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[Livewire]

If my misspell, I just correct it as I'm typing with my Firefox.

 

[Aizuke]

Because spell check is your best friend. :D

Except the American's dictionary keeps getting rid of the u's in my words, like colour. XD

Soo I've had to keep adding words, haha. :c

 

[donavannj]

Well, we Americans don't see the point in having all those unnecessary "u"s in our words. ;P

 

[Zet]

It's hard to say which English came first these days, but text books have pointed towards the English with a thousand u's.

 

[Aizuke]

I think the "u" makes words look more sophisticated.

 

[Guillermo]

The u makes words look nicer, in my opinion.

Colour is so much prettier than color.

 

[donavannj]

I prefer practicality in my words to sophistication. ;P

It's hard to say which English came first these days, but text books have pointed towards the English with a thousand u's.

That may be older, but are any of the spellings more practical still?

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

I'd be comfortable with using either version of English, personally.

 

[Kip]

Nahh - u's for the win! :P Colour > Color And anyway, if you're having trouble with the American spellchecker, why not just install the British one instead?

 

[donavannj]

You non-Americans and your love for the British spellings.

 

[Guillermo]

Metre and centre are weirder than meter and center, though.

 

[donavannj]

I think the American spellings cut out a bunch of unnecessary letters, in several cases, or rearrange words in a way that actually looks like its spelled how its pronounced.

 

[Guillermo]

I prefer using S over Z, however.

 

[Signomi]

I don't care much for American abbreviation, in some ways I think they actually butchered the language a tad bit, but that's my opinion. Because I'm British I do spell words like center as centre, and color as colour.

On the other hand, there are some words that I actually use the American spelling for because I've become so accustomed to them. For example, I type license instead of licence.

 

[Zet]

I recall reading somewhere the spelling America uses was actually the original English that English people used.

 

[Ho-Oh]

I type a lot of words wrong by habit. For example, definatelty (is apparently wrong) and... some others, like avaliable (which idk, I think that's wrong)... and yeah other stuff. It's only until people point it out that I actually notice, so when making posts and I wanna type words I'm unsure about, I just quickly Google them and type. :D

...plus I dunno what the Australian way is for most of the words I type. lol :(

 

[Charliezard]

The Australian way is the British way. English is a lost cause though, let's ditch it and learn something cooler D:

 

[Guillermo]

I type a lot of words wrong by habit. For example, definatelty (is apparently wrong)

Did you mean definitely? lol.

 

[Kip]

I also want to point something out:

Oh yeah? I want to point something out too:

Get yourself a British spell checker. :P

 

[donavannj]

Americans don't need British spell-checkers unless they're working in Britain. (b'-')b

I type a lot of words wrong by habit. For example, definatelty (is apparently wrong) and... some others, like avaliable (which idk, I think that's wrong)... and yeah other stuff. It's only until people point it out that I actually notice, so when making posts and I wanna type words I'm unsure about, I just quickly Google them and type. :D

...plus I dunno what the Australian way is for most of the words I type. lol :(

"Definately" is definitely wrong, Nica. "Avaliable" is actually available. I think these words are the same for both British and American English.