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I regularly correspond to people from all over the world, India, China, Brazil, France, and they all tend to use US English, thus the suggestion. Commonwealth
by Andrew_nenakhov 1y ago
I regularly correspond to people from all over the world, India, China, Brazil, France, and they all tend to use US English, thus the suggestion.
Commonwealth countries are relatively minor in population compared to the USA and the rest of the world.
And yes, default US spelling in devices does play a role. See prev. point about technological and cultural dominance.
- macintux 1y ago> Commonwealth countries are relatively minor in population compared to the USA and the rest of the world. Given India's presence in the Commonwealth, this seems an odd assertion. 2.6 billion people live in the Commonwealth[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Commonwea...
- Andrew_nenakhov 1y agoKinda forgot India is still part of the Commonwealth. Maybe because all Indians I ever corresponded with uniformly used US spelling, likely because they work a lot with the USA. YMMV.