On 6/10/06, Steve Summit <scs(a)eskimo.com>
wrote:
There seem to be lots of American editors who
think that British
English is *wrong*, and likewise British editors who think that
American English is *wrong*. (They rarely come out and say this
I think you're mischaracterising it. There are a number of Americans
in general who have had very little contact with British spelling, and
find it *wrong*. Most British-spellers have had contact with American
spelling, and those that object, find it *bad*. They generally accept
it as a valid choice, they just don't like it.
So, generalising a lot, Am->Br is usually done out of ignorance,
Br->Am out of bloody-mindedness.
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