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  1. American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia

    • The American spelling is from French, and American speakers generally approximate the French pronunciation as / n ɑː ˈ iː v (ə) t eɪ /, whereas the British spelling conforms to English norms, as also the pronunciation / n ɑː ˈ iː v (ə) t i / [121] [122]. See more

    Overview

    Despite the various English dialects spoken from country to country and within different regions of the same … See more

    Historical origins

    In the early 18th century, English spelling was inconsistent. These differences became noticeable after the publication of influential dictionaries. Today's British English spellings mostly follow Johnson's A Dictionary … See more

    Latin-derived spellings (often through Romance)

    Most words ending in an unstressed ‑our in British English (e.g., behaviour, colour, favour, flavour, harbour, honour, humour, labour, neighbour, rumour, splendour) end in ‑or in American English (behavior, color, favorSee more

    Greek-derived and Latin-derived spellings

    Many words, especially medical words, that are written with ae/æ or oe/œ in British English are written with just an e in American English. The sounds in question are /iː/ or /ɛ/ (or, unstressed, /i/, /ɪ/ or /ə/). Examples (… See more

    Greek-derived spellings (often through Latin and Romance)

    The -ize spelling is often incorrectly seen in Britain as an Americanism. It has been in use since the 15th century, predating the -ise spelling by over a century. The verb-forming suffix -ize comes directly from Ancient Gr… See more

    Doubled consonants

    The plural of the noun bus is usually buses, with busses a minor American variant. Conversely, inflections of the verb bus usually double the s in British usage (busses, bussed, bussing) but not American u… See more

    Dropped "e"

    British English sometimes keeps a silent "e" when adding suffixes where American English does not. Generally speaking, British English drops it in only some cases in which it is needed to show pronunciation whereas A… See more

     
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  1. In British English, many words that end in “-our” are spelled with “-or” in American English. The British forms retain the older French influence, while the American forms reflect spelling reforms aimed at simplification.
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