A comment I received on one of my pictures made me realise (there's one of the trigger words) that all you Americans probably think I'm a horrible speller.
In actuality, I'm a brilliant speller, and thought you might enjoy some trivia about the differences between the American and British spellings of the English language.
America and once-American colonies are the only places that spell the way you do. The rest of the English speaking world, including NZ and Australia, where I hail from, use British English.
I sourced the following clarifications from AskOxford. Hope you find it interesting and enlightening!
The main differences between American and British English spellings are given below:
British English words that end in -re (e.g. centre, fibre, theatre) often end in -er in American English (center, fiber, theater).
British English words that end in -our (e.g. colour, humour) usually end with -or in American English (color, humor).
Verbs in British English that can be spelled with either -ize or -ise at the end (e.g. recognize/recognise) are always spelled with -ize in American English.
Verbs in British English that end in -yse (e.g. analyse) are always spelled -yze in American English (analyze).
In British spelling, verbs ending in a vowel plus l double the l when adding endings that begin with a vowel (e.g. travel, travelled, traveller). In American English the l is not doubled (travel, traveled, traveler).
British English words that are spelled with the double vowels ae or oe (e.g. archaeology, manoeuvre) are just spelled with an e in American English (archeology, maneuver).
Some nouns that end with -ence in British English (e.g. licence, defence) are spelled -ense in American English (license, defense).
Some nouns that end with -ogue in British English (e.g. dialogue) end with -og in American English (dialog).
And that concludes the lesson for today.
Now. I have no idea why I'm on the computer when I'm in North Carolina and I need to get outside and be creative and artisty. Taking off the geek hat now. (Well, let's be honest, that never comes off.)