> rare/unusual Or "misspelt/misspelled", as we prescriptivists like to call it. Though when I see hypercorrections like "humourous" on the internet, I begin t

> rare/unusual Or "misspelt/misspelled", as we prescriptivists like to call it. Though when I see hypercorrections like "humourous" on the internet, I begin to suspect that people are using UK/Commonwealth spellings because they think they should, not because they're actually more familiar with those spelling conventions.