I know our American cousins pronounce it .........

[LennonCook]

Originally posted by caleb: Vice/Vise makes sense because they have two/to/too different meanings. I thought I set you straight on messenger last week [img]tongue.gif[/img] Yankees.....trying to be more efficient and less like shakespear.

Methinks thou doth spelleth unwisely.

[Krishach]

Well, I don't know about you, John D Harris, but down here in FL, we drink from aluminum cans and paint our houses with colors. That made me think though, we changed colour to color, flavour to flavor, armour to armor, and all the other words like that, so why didn't we change your to yor? Just something that I was curious about.

[Staralfur]

As the resident chemist here at IW, I believe I may be able to resolve the matter. Here is the IUPAC (the people that sort these kind of thngs out)listing of elements, and the spelling is given as Aluminium.
AFIAK the Brits got Aluminium and the US got Sulfur (formerly sulpher). There you go, matter solved, thread closed [img]tongue.gif[/img] . Or is there more to it than that .

[Davros]

Always good to see one of yor old topcs back p on the front page agan, sn't t. Staraflr, eye tred the chemcal argment way back at the start of the thread - eye dobt that t wll be seen as a defnatve response ths tme ether .

All that writing without two crucial vowels is too hard.

I'm with you Donut - it's more important to discover why there is no F in alcohol.

[Wurm]

More info than you ever wanted to know...

[Helspanth]

There is also theatre and theater-if I remember my english classes well-isn't there?

[LennonCook]

Originally posted by Helspanth: There is also theatre and theater-if I remember my english classes well-isn't there?

Yep. Then center and centre, and ofcourse...

n AMERICAN BRITISH acknowledgment acknowledgement afterward afterwards airplane aeroplane alright all right aluminum aluminium amphitheater amphitheatre analog analogue analyze analyse anemia anaemia anemic anaemic anesthetic anaesthetic antiaircraft anti-aircraft apologize apologise apothegm apophthegm arbor arbour archeolog archaeology ardor ardour armor armour armorer armourer armory armoury atchoo atishoo ax axe B.S. B.Sc. backward backwards battle-ax battleaxe behavior behaviour behavioral behavioural behoove behove beside besides bisulfate bisulphate bookkeeper book-keeper caliper calliper calisthenics callisthenics canceling cancelling candor candour carburetor carburettor catalog catalogue catalyze catalyse center centre centerboard centreboard centerfold centrefold cesium caesium check cheque checker chequer chili chilli citrus citrous civilization civilisatio clamor clamour clangor clangour color colour conjuror conjurer connection connexion counselor counsellor cozy cosy curb kerb daydream day-dream defense defence deflexion deflection demeanor demeanour dialog dialogue dialyze dialyse diarrhea diarrhoea disk disc disulfide disulphide dolor dolour donut doughnut doodad doodah draft draught drypoint dry-point edema oedema elite élite emphasize emphasise enamor enamour endeavor endeavour enrollment enrolment equaled equalled fantasize fantasise favor favour favorite favourite favoritism favouritism fervor fervour fiber fibre flavor flavour flower girl flower-girl flower pot flower-pot forward forwards fulfill fulfil fulfillment fulfilment furor furore goiter goitrev gonorrhea gonorrhoea gram gramme gray grey gynecology gynaecology harbor harbour harmonize harmonise hemoglobin haemoglobin hemophilia haemophilia hemorrhage haemorrhage hemorrhoid haemorrhoid homeopath homoeopath homeostasis homoeostasis honor honour humor humour immortalize immortalise impanel empanel inflection inflexion inquiry enquiry jail gaol jewelry jewellery jewlry jewellery judgment judgement kilometer kilometre labor labour lemongrass lemon grass leukemia leukaemia leveled levelled liter litre luster lustre M.S. M.Sc. maneuver manoeuvre meager meagre menorrhea menorrhoea meter metre misdemeanor misdemeanour misjudgment misjudgement modeled modelled modeler modeller mold mould molt moult mom mum mustache moustache neighbor neighbour neighborhood neighbourhood neighborly neighbourly neoclassical neo-classical niter nitre note paper note-paper odor odour offense offence organize organise organized organised pajamas pyjamas paleobotany palaeobotany Paleocene Palaeocene paleoclimatology palaeoclimatology paleogeography palaeogeography paleography palaeography paleolithic palaeolithic paleomagnetism palaeomagnetism paleontology palaeontology Paleozoic Palaeozoic panelist panellist paralyze paralyse parlor parlour pedagogy paedagogy pediatric paediatric pediatrician paediatrician pediatrics paediatrics pedophile paedophile pedophilia paedophilia pjamas pyjamas plow plough practice practise preignition pre-ignition pretense pretence program programme pseudointellectual pseudo-intellectual pseudoscience pseudo-science quarreled quarrelled rancor rancour raveled ravelled realize realise recognize recognise retroflection retroflexion rigor rigour rumor rumour saltpeter saltpetre savor savour scepter sceptre shoveled shovelled skeptic sceptic skillful skilful smolder smoulder sniveled snivelled snowplow snowplough specialize specialise specialty speciality splendor splendour standardize standardise story storey succor succour sulfate sulphate sulfide sulphide sulfureted sulphuretted theater theatre tire tyre toward towards traveled travelled traveler traveller traveling travelling trisulfate trisulphate tumor tumour tunneling tunnelling ultrahigh ultra-high ultramodern ultra-modern valor valour vapor vapour vigor vigour vise vice yodeling yodelling

Wierd... whys there an 'n' showing up above the table ??

[ 04-28-2002, 08:58 PM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]

[caleb]

Some of those words listed under the american side are not spelled correctly.......A englishman must have made the chart [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Epona]

Of course what everyone seems to be forgetting is that when European settlers first went to America there was no set standard used for spelling as there is today. Look at copies of old documents from that time if you're unsure, and you'll see a whole range of variation of spelling. It is only natural that spelling would evolve differently in different localities then. Nobody 'changed' anything. Neither is incorrect.

And if you're looking at Shakespeare - well hardly anyone uses Shakespearian language any more, but iirc the closest modern equivalents are more likely to be found in the States than in England (although correct me if I'm wrong). For example, in England nobody uses the word 'gotten' - we use the shortened 'got' at all times, but 'gotten' is the older form. Shakespeare had no standardised spelling to refer to, he even spelled his own name several different ways.

[canadianvixen]

For the most part Canadians still use proper english although American english is creeping into our vocabulary more and more.