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 +