Which spelling do you prefer?

[rcollinz13 428]

I was kind of curious as to what kind of spelling do most people prefer. Personally, I'm from Canada so I grew up spelling things how the British do. A lot of my teacher's tell me that since I live in the US now I can't spell things the way I learned growing up. I think that's a load of garbage, but that's not the point of this thread. Which do you prefer British spelling or American spelling. Also, if there is another spelling that I don't know about put it down anyways.

[XUNUSEDXXX 3,460]

I actually like the way that the British spell things. I don't know, it's just colour rather than color looks more badass in my opinion.

[Haven Celestii 9,385]

Anything not Canadian and Canadian related!

 

I prefer everything done the American way. Since I've grown up with it it just seems like the best way to do so. I do agree with a few of the British's spellings, but still prefer using America's.

[Otter 1,942]

I use American grammar (color instead of colour, etc.), mainly because that's what I was taught. If I had a choice, I'd probably pick British grammar.

[Shiki 5,857]

I lived in Wales until I was 9 yeas old, going on 10, but them moved to America, so originally, I've got the habit of typing "humour" "apologise" and all those common differences. Though, because I was still young, and didn't know more complex things, I picked up on some American versions of things. Most of them, I don't even know about.

[techno915 408]

All i can say is that it somewhat bothers me whe Brits say "aluminium" instead of "aluminum". WHERE DO YOU GUYS GET THE EXTRA I FROM?!?!

[rcollinz13 428]

I actually like the way that the British spell things. I don't know, it's just colour rather than color looks more badass in my opinion.

 

Not just that, you can spell tire like tyre. analog like analogue. I just feel like the British spelling keeps me in touch with my European side, and it's funny to see how it pisses off my teachers. lol.

 

Anything not Canadian and Canadian related!

 

I prefer everything done the American way. Since I've grown up with it it just seems like the best way to do so. I do agree with a few of the British's spellings, but still prefer using America's.

 

Oh! I see how it is with your first comment about my Canadianism. Just kidding, that was pretty hilarious though. I got a good laugh out of it.

[Swoop 2,279]

My favourite form of spelling would have to be the one my mum brought me up with, and the one I have learnt and memorised ever since my enrollment at school; that is, the British centred form of dialogue. That said however, I could hardly criticise or pass ill-judgement upon either form of spelling, as either modell aptly fulfils the purpose of communicating clearly - provided you get your message across, it really doesn't matter.

 

I still call football soccer though, and refuse to use the word 'gaol', because Australian.

[Radiance64 7,059]

I like good old fashioned Amurican spelling mostly, since it's how I'm used to spelling things being American and all. Everytime I see a british spelling of, say, color or armor I fell the need to pronounce it like OOOO-UUUUUR. :lol

I've had to adjust to british spelling for some games and stuff though, it's not really too bad after a while.

[rcollinz13 428]

My favourite form of spelling would have to be the one my mum brought me up with, and the one I have learnt and memorised ever since my enrollment at school; that is, the british centred form of dialogue. That said however, I could hardly criticise or pass ill-judgement upon either form of spelling, as either modell aptly fulfils the purpose of communicating clearly - provided you get your message across, it really doesn't matter.

 

I still call football soccer though, and refuse to use the word 'gaol', because Australian.

 

I like how you in a very subtle manner put all of those words in italics. I still get crap from people at my school for saying my mum instead of my mom.

[miygaiya 138]

I like spelling things the American way because that's how I was raised reading/writing. However, some words I spell like those of more British background, such as all the -ors being -ours (colour, honour, behaviour, etc).

[Artemisia 166]

I have always just used american spelling because I have grown up here, but some of my canadian friends have affected me so sometimes I do say mum or spell color colour. Personaly I have no preference.

[Crispy 5,565]

I use American English exclusively. I notice when people use the other forms, but I don't care, I just assume they're from places that use the other format.

 

What can I say? I'm a product of my surroundings.

 

[Crutch 898]

Personally, I prefer the British spelling over the American. I grew up in Norwich until I was 6, so I tend to spell some words like colour and favourite the British way... I do occasionally say certian words with an accent (which seems kind of weird in my book).

[Fallen Angel 93]

i perfer the american way but that is because i was born here i find it easier than the britsh way cause im sort off lazy when it comes to writing and don't want to add the extra letters somtimes

[OptimisticNeighsayer 479]

I prefer a mixture of both. I especially love their spelling of "encyclopaedia" and "theatre", but I still prefer to use "z" with the suffix "ize" (as opposed to "ise").

 

I never knew though that adding "ue" to words ending in "g" was an exclusively British convention. I've seen it used in American English more often than it is when dropped. Even "theatre" is often used in American English when somebody wants to connote the performance in the theatre as more artsy than the common mass media.

 

Rationally, I should prefer American English because it doesn't waste ink, and I simply use their spellings more often, but I'm the kind of guy who's not afraid to put on airs for humourous effect.

Edited September 21, 2012 by JustFairness

[Retro*Derpy 3,833]

Considering that I grew up in America, I am used to and became attached to American spelling. Though I do know some British words that spelling just seems more adequate than American spelling.

[Cowl 128]

I'm americain, but I read so much british fiction growing up that I can't keep them strait anymore. I'm lucky if I spell color the same way twice in a paragraph. besides colour just seems like a better spelling.

[ping111 124]

All three of my cultures (French and British for being Canadian, and Hungarian) all use "colour" in their English spellings. I would never use "cull-er" in my life. However, I know people who have given up the "u" because they code HTML too much, so having to remember to switch spellings bothers them.

 

EDIT: On the other hand, I would ultimately like to pronounce it "couleur"...

Edited December 18, 2012 by ping111

[khaine21x3 789]

"when in rome, do as the romans do"

 

I generally favour the traditional spelling as I prefer to honour older traditions and cultures but I generally match my spelling and accents to the surroundings so I blend in.I find people too be to judgemental when it comes to others who do not blend in.

 

Don't let the bloody wankers get you down.

Edited December 18, 2012 by khaine21x3

[Zygen 6,066]

I don't really care about spelling much to be honest, seriously I don't really have a preference.

 

If you made me write a paragraph where I used the word color enough times and I wasn't aware that I was being judged on how many times I spelt it colour and how many times I spelt it color then.

 

So yeah i'll use it quite a number of ways.. And same with any other words, but to be honest I didn't know the differences existed until a year or two ago actually.

 

To be fair though, for a phenetic speller like me, I find colour makes more sense to my brain. I actually spelt it that way until recently where I've been marked for it in school(Because you know I live in America and all) So i've learned to make sure I spell it right.

 

To be honest though I suck at English overall its my worst subject, I usually do pretty well in all my other subjects, but English isn't my strong suit. I don't care about spelling to much overall, just as long as I can understand what your saying.

 

Your actually suppose to be able to read things even if they're spelt horribly wrong as long as the first and last letters are set in the same place(Well I learned something useful from facebook stuff i guess.. lol)

 

 

Anyways, I don't really care other then when my teachers care, otherwise I'd probably unconsciously spell it both ways without thinking about it.

 

Thankfully I haven't done this with pony words like Mane and main and stuff like that.(i wonder what my teacher would do if I messed that up .)

 

whew falling off topic, better go before this turns into a 3000 word essay of rambling!

[Chales 129]

I was taught to use the British spelling. However, I've started to use the American spelling more often due to the lack of an extra letter in some words (color vs colour). I find it a little quicker when I'm typing and I kinda like how it looks. Also what does the 'u' in color really add to it?

[Solace 407]

even though i live in Canada and some things are a bit different from British, i grew up in a house were all th people in my family used british terms and spellings like chips instead fries and other terms

[TheTEChguy27 273]

I guess I prefer American spelling since I've used it my entire life. I like how the word "theatre" looks with its British spelling, though.

[Dusty Soul 2,614]

I like the American way of spelling things. I guess it's because I just am really used to it. Color is what I prefer to colour. The other thing is I just can't get used to the spellinf