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Thread #162798 Message #3877276
Posted By: Steve Shaw
16-Sep-17 - 05:56 AM
Thread Name: BS: What defines the English
Subject: RE: BS: What defines the English
I hate to say it but I prefer American spellings on the whole. They are in no way corruptions of British English. Both derive from a time before spellings in both countries were standardised* so neither can claim to be "correct" (it's usually we Brits who try that stunt). It's just that most American spellings were prescribed by Webster and most British spellings were prescribed by Johnson, two chaps with slightly different ideas. Before them, you can find both ways of spelling on both sides of the Atlantic.
*Standardized?