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Sunday, February 21, 2010

British spellings and American spellings

  • aeroplane [UK] - airplane, aero plane [US]
  • analyse, analyze [UK] - analyze [US]
  • analysed, analyzed [UK] - analyzed [US]
  • behaviour [UK] - behavior [US]
  • catalogue [UK] - catalog [US]
  • categorise, categorize [UK] - categorize [US]
  • categorisation, categorization [UK] - categorization [US]
  • categorised, categorized [UK] - categorized [US]
  • centre [UK] - center [US]
  • cheque [UK] - check [US]
  • colour [UK] - color [US]
  • doughnut [UK] - donut [US]
  • earnt, earned [UK] - earned [US]
  • equalling [UK] - equaling [US]
  • favour [UK] - favor [US]
  • grey [UK] - gray [US]
  • hiccough, hiccup [UK] - hiccup [US]
  • labour [UK] - labor [US]
  • license (verb), licence (noun) [UK] - license [US]
  • manoeuvre [UK] - maneuver [US]
  • metre [UK] - meter [US]
  • neighbour [UK] - neighbor [US]
  • programme [UK] - program [US]
  • pyjamas [UK] - pajamas [US]
  • practise (verb), practice (noun) [UK] - practice [US]
  • recognise, recognize [UK] - recognize [US]
  • specialised, specialized [UK] - specialized [US]
  • specialising, specializing [UK] - specializing [US]
  • standardise, standardize [UK] - standardize [US]
  • standardised, standardized [UK] - standardized [US]
  • tyres [UK] - tires [US]
  • travelled [UK] - traveled [US]
  • travelling [UK] - traveling [US]

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