On Tuesday 11 April 2006 11:50, Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: > Well said. > > And it's not just the UK. That's how it is in Canada as well. I'm not the > type to keep score, but I believe its 2-1 now? Not always. Canada goes both ways on the "er/re" and "our/or" conventions, and seems to be determined by preference of the author. Example off the top of my head would be signs pointing you to "CITY CENTER" one block and "CITY CENTRE" the next: Any other text on the first sign would use the Americanized spellings, the latter would use the Queen's dictionary. This doesn't seem to be limited to any particular timeframe, older signs using the Victoria typeface switch spellings as much the newer ones using the American-style Blue Highway typeface. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
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