Re: [OT] British vs. American English

[John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org>]

Stephen Powell writes:
> How the spelling differences came about I have no idea.  In the early
> days of English, there was no standardized spelling.  I suspect that
> different national bodies convened to decide on standardized
> spelling...

In the USA the "standards body" was named Noah Webster.  He wrote the
first dictionary of American English.  In the UK it was Dr. Johnson.
The USA has no official standards body for language, of course, as it
has no official language (nor does it need one).
-- 
John Hasler