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Originally Posted by grannyGrumpy
I read only British and American, and yes, I do think they are separate languages (kissin' cousins?). I've read so much English lit that my American spelling has fallen under its sway, and recently I've had to start using spellcheck for the first time in my life. British spelling is seductive.
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Wasn't it Bernard Shaw who said, "England and America are two countries separated by the same language."
I sometimes have problems too with my spelling not only because of the US-UK differences but also because of the French that I see all the time. The French spellings for mariage and litterature sometime interfere when I write.
But the worst is when I write Chinese. I get confused with the classical, the simplified and the Japanese form sometimes since I have learnt all 3 forms.