Because I like doing things the English way

    • acknowledgement rather than acknowledgment
    • either ageing or aging is fine (but aging sounds like ah-ging, which is gross)
    • aeroplane, not airplane, never airplane
    • aluminium rather not aluminum
    • anaemia rather than anemia
    • artefact rather than artifact
    • blonde rather than blond
    • burnt and burned are both acceptable (apparently)
    • cancelled, travelled, labelled, counsellor, -- yeah, you get it, double 'L's!
    • catalogue rather than catalog, and programme rather than program
    • centre rather than center, fibre rather than fiber, metre rather than meter
    • dependant = noun, dependent = adjective
    • diarrhoea not diarrhea
    • dietician and dietitian are both accepted
    • doughnut not donut
    • dreamt and dreamed are both accepted
    • enquiry and inquiry are both accepted
    • enrol rather than enroll and fulfil rather than fulfill
    • foetus rather than fetus
    • focussed, focussing
    • gynaecology
    • judgement, ok, but NOT arguement. argument is correct for both british and american english
    • licence = noun, license = verb, same goes for practice and practise
    • fulfilment rather than fulfillment
    • manoeuvre rather than maneuver
    • practise - verb / practice - noun / You 'S'tir (verb) your 'C'offee (noun) -- US, it's just practice all the time
    • pretence rather than pretense
    • pyjamas rather than pajamas
    • sceptical not skeptical
    • speciality not specialty
    • sulphur not sulfur
    • towards not toward
    • tyre not tire
    • yogurt, youghurt, youghurt, youghourt... really depends on how you want to spell it, in this case
    • defence and offence, with 'C's instead of 'S's. defense and offense are spelt that way for easier sports-language use, e.g. 'defensible, etc.
    • enquire = casual, inquire = formal
feb 13 2011 ∞
jan 9 2013 +