English Spelling | American Spelling |
recognise | recognize (sometimes Eng. too) |
behaviour | behavior |
recognising | recognizing (sometimes Eng. too) |
paralyse | paralyze |
generalisations | generalizations (sometimes Eng. too) |
labelling | labeling |
analyse | analyze |
programme | program |
hypoglycaemia | hypoglycemia |
travelling | traveling |
revitalise | revitalize (sometimes Eng. too) |
practise (the verb) |
practice (Am. both verb and noun!)
|
apologising | apologizing (sometimes Eng. too) |
defence | defense |
channelled | chanelled |
finalised | finalized (sometimes Eng. too) |
And the words that triggered action in our office:
English | American |
fulfil | fulfill |
fulfilling | fulfiling |
fulfilment | fulfillment |
fulfiller | fulfiler |
So you can see that we sometimes have two 'l's' in English and one in American and other times, we have one in English and two in American.
English is a living and dynamic language – and is the standard on the World Wide Web. There are more Americans using the Web than English, more American products available, and more non-English speakers using American products to learn English. So is ye old English being muscled out of the Web?!
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