Words are Beautiful ♥

I was talking to a friend, Sinead, she's from Canada, and so she uses the UK spelling of words, just like me.



It got me thinking about all of the words that have been Americanised... also, Sinead directed me to this place here: Spelling Differences, and it listed them all... whooo! But, I'm going to copy and paste that list anyway.






Canada/UK - United States





abridgement - abridgment

acknowledgement - acknowledgment

amoeba - ameba

analyse - analyze

anaesthesia - anesthesia

arbour - arbor

axe - ax

barrelled - barreled

behaviour - behavior

belabour - belabor

brunette - brunet

calibre - caliber

catalogue - catalog

cancelled - canceled

candour - candor

centre - center

centimetre - centimeter

cheque - check

colour - color

clamour - clamor

crystalline - crystaline

crueller - cruelest

crystallize - crystalize

defence - defense

dialogue - dialog

aeon - eon

favour - favor

favourite - favorite

fervour - fervor

fibre - fiber

flavour - flavor

fuelled - fueled

fulfil - fulfill

funnelled - funneled

gauge - gage

goitre - goiter

grey - gray

gruelling - grueling

harbour - harbor

honour - honor

humour - humor

jeweller - jeweler

instalment - installment

imperilled - imperiled

kilometre - kilometer

labour - labor

labelled - labeled

labour - labor

levelled - leveled

licence - license

litre - liter

louvre - louver

lustre - luster

macabre - macaber

manoeuvre - maneuver

marvellous - marvelous

matte - matt

medallist - medalist

meagre - meager

metre - meter

millimetre - millimeter

mitre - miter

modelled - modeled

mould - mold

moult - molt

moustache - mustache

neighbour - neighbor

paean - pean

paleolothic - palaeolothic

panelled/panelling - paneled/paneling

parlour - parlor

practice (n) practise(v) - practice (n/v)

pummelled - pummeled

pyjamas - pajamas

odour - odor

rancour - rancor

raquet - racket

reconnoitre - reconnoiter

saleable - salable

savour - savor

sceptre - scepter

smoulder - smolder

sombre - somber

sulphate - sulfate

sulphur - sulfur

tonne - ton

totalled - totaled

tranquillize - tranquilize

tumour - tumor

traveller - traveler

tunnelled - tunneled

theatre - theater

vice - vise

valour - valor

vapour - vapor

vigour - vigor

wilful - willful

worshipped - worshiped

queueing - queuing



So that's the list... and honestly, which side do you like better? I personally prefer the UK side, but I a from the UK, I just love how the words are written, I love the fact that we have that added "u" in some of our words, or the fact that it ends "re" instead of "er" --- well, there are quite a few changes in this list, all of which you'll be able to notice.



I just think that the UK/Canadian words look more beautiful... they have a strong yet poetic feel to them... which does sound weird, but... then I found this quote, and I was like, HEY, this is me... I am in love with language.



"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language." - W. H. Auden


Which side do you prefer to write in?


And why? 

-Joseph





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