If you write proper English, the coding world is littered with misspellings: * COLOR instead of COLOUR * CENTER instead of CENTRE * FLAVOR instead of FLAVOUR

If you write proper English, the coding world is littered with misspellings: * COLOR instead of COLOUR * CENTER instead of CENTRE * FLAVOR instead of FLAVOUR * ---IZE instead of ---ISE etc... etc.. I never gave REFERER a second thought, assuming it was just another illiterate American corruption of proper English.