For what it's worth, Americans say "car" and not "auto." We're also far less tolerant of our own native dialects than how words are spelt across the pond. It

For what it's worth, Americans say "car" and not "auto." We're also far less tolerant of our own native dialects than how words are spelt across the pond. It is fun to read old books on spelling and pronunciation from the 19th and early 20th century (I can't reference any, I just find them in old bookshops and antique stores from time to time). The absolute rigidity of language seemed to be a fascination of our forebears.