3 ms·
"In fact we don't even agree on how to spell basic words" Yes the US seemed to go with Webster, while the rest of the anglosphere went with Johnson. Not quite
by benj111 8y ago
"In fact we don't even agree on how to spell basic words"
Yes the US seemed to go with Webster, while the rest of the anglosphere went with Johnson. Not quite as simple as that, as there were a few different waves of reform.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_spelling_reform https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_spelling_re...
- plopz 8y agoAnd there are fun ones like the etymology of aluminum which went through spellings like a ping pong.
- mikeash 8y agoJust yesterday, I ran into trouble while searching for noise cancelling headphones because the site where I was searching had it spelled “canceling” for some of the products and the search wasn’t fuzzy enough to show both. See also: “Inflammable means flammable? What a country!”
- chosenbreed37 8y ago> Just yesterday, I ran into trouble while searching for noise cancelling headphones because the site where I was searching had it spelled “canceling” for some of the products and the search wasn’t fuzzy enough to show both. 'Canceling'? That looks like a spelling mistake :-)
- mikeash 8y agoBoth versions are considered correct. Perhaps by different people....
- stordoff 8y agoThe Cambridge Dictionary lists it as "-ll- or US usually -l-". Both are considered correct. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cancel https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cancel