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Sep 01, 2009 @ 20:58:16

#16

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Sep 01, 2009 @ 21:01:05

#17

jmo

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The most common difference is the 's/z' thing.

Realise - Realize
Socialise - Socialize
Philosophise - Philosophize

etc, there are loads like that.

Sep 01, 2009 @ 21:46:12

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fag = cigarette

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Sep 01, 2009 @ 22:59:36

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tardcore said:

fag = cigarette

That's slang, not really a slight spelling difference

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Sep 01, 2009 @ 23:00:32

#20

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jmo said:

The most common difference is the 's/z' thing.

Realise - Realize
Socialise - Socialize
Philosophise - Philosophize

etc, there are loads like that.

I actually prefer the look of the 's' more so than the 'z,' but those words sound like there should be a 'z' and not an 's'

Laura says (8:47 PM): WEE WOO WEE WOO. Unlike Annie, I am an ambulance.
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"Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty"
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Edited: September 01, 2009 @ 23:00

Sep 01, 2009 @ 23:12:59

#21

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annski729 said:

That's slang, not really a slight spelling difference

That is right. You pick up on sarcasm quickly. Congratulations.

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Sep 02, 2009 @ 00:13:19

#22

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tardcore said:

That is right. You pick up on sarcasm quickly. Congratulations.

Bit rude.

Laura says (8:47 PM): WEE WOO WEE WOO. Unlike Annie, I am an ambulance.
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Sep 02, 2009 @ 00:39:41

#23

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Im from Scotland and I agree colour shourd be spelt color out of the available options but if I had my own choice culur would take first place hands down.

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Sep 02, 2009 @ 00:48:05

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Laurette said:

Not sure if this has been posted before but hey. I'm too lazy to check

As I was skimming through my Whitesnake 1987 album looking at the lyrics (As one does occasionally

)

I noticed that 'tonight' was spelt like 'tonite' I know it sounds stupid but I immediatley thought 'Hey thats spelt wrong!'

I know that it is the American version of it but I couldn't escape the feeling that it was spelt wrong.

Am I the only one who feels this way? Does anyone else in either America or the UK think that the variations are spelt 'wrong'

For example:

Color (US) /Colour (UK)
Capitol (US) /Capital (UK)
Tonite (US) /Tonight (UK)
Favorite (US) /Favourite (UK)

Have I missed any variations?

I'm American and I spell tonight as tonight. It's okay to spell it tonite, I think.

Color/Colour, Favorite/Favourite, Realize/Realise, and Apologize/Apologise are not wrong. I use the first words in those examples, but the second words are common in the UK. My spell check (Firefox) says the second words aren't spelled correctly, but that's a US/UK difference in browsers.

Capitol refers to the capitol of a US state while Capital refers to upper case letters. Capital is also a financial term. I hope this helps.

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Sep 02, 2009 @ 00:49:54

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CannonJnr said:

Im from Scotland and I agree colour shourd be spelt color out of the available options but if I had my own choice culur would take first place hands down.

and here I would have wanted culur to replace cooler!

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Sep 02, 2009 @ 00:50:52

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Laurette said:

Not sure if this has been posted before but hey. I'm too lazy to check

As I was skimming through my Whitesnake 1987 album looking at the lyrics (As one does occasionally

im scotland and i spell it tonight however most of the folk i ken spell it tonite it drives me nuts but my spelling is really bad so i shush about it lol

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Sep 02, 2009 @ 00:52:06

#27

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floydgirrl said:

and here I would have wanted culur to replace cooler!

haha lol good point

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Sep 02, 2009 @ 00:52:34

#28

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a coo in scotland is a cow

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Sep 02, 2009 @ 00:57:46

#29

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CannonJnr said:

a coo in scotland is a cow

Highland coo!!!

I want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like seriously want one!

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Sep 02, 2009 @ 00:58:45

#30

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moo lol

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