[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by neilmarr

If you're really interested, there's a simple breakdown and explanation of spelling origins in US and UK standard here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...ng_differences
Cheers. Neil

Have a few problems with that link. I can't speak for the British side, but spelling is far more fluid in the US than the article seems to imply.

Also under miscellaneous differences, I think the entry for Chilli and Chili is just plain wrong depending on whether you are talking about the pepper or the soup. In the US, I don't recall ever having seen references to the pepper spelled any way but Chile. The soup is spelled with either one or two l's depending on the mood of the writer. (I'm normally a 1 'l' guy but will travel to the dark side occasionally.)