Re: [OT] British vs. American English
* On 2011 02 Oct 07:59 -0500, Stephen Powell wrote:
> Similarly, center is the
> American spelling and centre is the British spelling. Same word,
> same meaning. How the spelling differences came about I have no
> idea.
I always though the 're' instead of an 'er' was a French thing. Only
within the past few weeks have I learned that the Brits claim the
credit/accept the blame for that one. ;-)
- Nate >>
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