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> import authorisation +153, I love being able to use regular English spelling instead of being pushed into using US spelling.

• mixmastamyk 3y ago
  Little known fact but almost all “US spelling” came from Britain or was derived more directly from Greek (s/z). Also some incursions from French were dropped. Further, it was the British that changed during the 18/19th century in accent and spelling, around the decline of the British Empire. So avoiding the differences on purity grounds is not particularly logical.
  • cris-ward 3y ago
    Not forgetting Noah Webster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Noah_Webster's_American_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Noah_We...
    • mixmastamyk 3y ago
      Indeed, from that paragraph: "He was very influential in popularizing certain spellings in America, but he did not originate them."