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In British English, do you favorite or favourite a post? [closed]
When using "favorite" in a computer technology sense (for example, bookmarking a question on Stack Overflow), do British English speakers still use "favourite" (the traditional spelling in British ...
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Is “Honouree” correct in British English?
I seem to only find "Honoree" in the web, but Word spell corrector indicates me that I should write "HonoUree". Which form is correct?
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Is there any difference between “color” and “colour”?
What is the difference between color and colour?
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Should “glamourous” be considered incorrect?
The Wiktionary entry for glamourous, for what it's worth, claims that it is "a common British spelling", but many native English speakers dismiss it as incorrect. Some, though, draw a distinction ...
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“ou” versus “o” in spelling words like “color”/“colour”
Often, I have to decide whichever is better in mail, forums, letters. For instance:
colour vs color
behaviour vs behavior
humour vs humor
rumour vs rumor
honour vs honor
The difference comes ...
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Why is 'forty' spelled without a 'u' in Canadian/British English?
I was writing in Word today (with the Canadian English dictionary enabled) and it kept putting a redline under "fourty" which I couldn't understand. A bit of searching says that, even in British and ...
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“Favorite” vs. “favourite”
Excuse my stupid question, but do "favorite" and "favourite" mean the same thing?
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Why did Australian English change from spelling words like 'honor' to 'honour'?
I know there are other questions comparing the US and UK usage of o and ou in words like colour. My question is specifically in regard to Australian English. I was always taught that here in Australia ...
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How come 'ou' was reduced to 'o' in the US?
Americans write color and favorite, when others say colour and favourite. How/why did this happen?
