Timothy Murphy wrote:
I know Americans spell a few words wrongly, but so what? Plenty of people make spelling mistakes, and it doesn't affect one's understanding in the slightest.
Wrongly? American English spellings are generally 20% more efficient when words such as "color" and "humor" are considered! What point is there to throwing in extra letters other than to be different? I suppose it creates jobs to maintain separate dictionaries and ensures that competition is minimized between publishes perhaps ... Bob Goodwin
