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Old 12-11-2006, 03:48 AM   #30
William Moates
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Originally Posted by NatCh
The spellings weren't anything that I considered unusual, but I don't really notice 'british' spelling anymore.
It might be that your reading speed is different from mine. I read at a "verbal" speed--basically reading out loud in my head. As a result, it takes me a few minutes to read a page. I realize that "speed readers" don't read one word at a time, but much faster, so a page of text takes only tens of seconds.

It also might be a difference in learning styles. On the visual/verbal scale, I'm decidedly visual, so the differences between UK and US spellings are more noticable.

Also, I'm an above-average speller (probably in the top 10%), so maybe that's why I notice it more.
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