Thread: How do Americans feel about UK spelling?
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Old 09-08-2010, 01:16 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by mjhudston View Post
IS this a particularly English issue.
No, all languages have it, where there's a substantial separated population.

Often the separated population retains old words and forms of words long after they've been superceded in the home country. (e.g. "Fall" and "Autumn").
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