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Originally Posted by GrannyGrump
Likewise, American author's books from UK publishers seem to have sometimes replaced at least part of the American spelling.
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Never seen that.
The non-US English originals often adapted for US Market and I suppose they may miss some words.
I've never seen USA fiction adapted for British market. However perhaps my proof reading superpowers are more recent and I didn't notice.
Of course some words have alternate spelling in British English that match USA. The OED and British English (Or Hibernian) is not prescriptive but documents usage. Since Webster the aim of US Dictionaries is to be prescriptive and before Webster the -re and -our and internal -ll- all acceptable but he deliberately insisted on -er, -or, single internal l.
British usage accepts -ize as alternate to -ise
US is prescriptive about using gray for the shades between black and white. Others are not, though grey is common for the shade outside North America (not sure about Canada, it's tricky!)
The name is usually Grey (Earl Grey Tea, Mr. Grey in books and real life, Grey's Anatomy TV series) and in US some products. Some animals are grey as part of the name, such as greyhound, which is not referring to the coat shade but is a different root, but for some creatures it does refer to the shade. The more American gray has increased in British/Irish writing since the Nineteenth Century.