[PW] Common word in British English shorter than American?

[Douglas Eric Anderson]

Then there is the phenomenon of the past tense/past participle and the
present participle of verbs ending in -re (British)/-er (American) --
e.g., centre/centred/centring (British) vs. center/centered/centering
(American).

However, given that "spelt" is used in the question itself, I would be
inclined myself to think that was a hide-in-plain-sight kind of clue and
go with spelt vs. spelled.

-- Doug A.


On Sat, March 3, 2007 4:57 am, Borg, Matthew wrote:
> Just a quick one -
>
> Which common word in British English is shorter than its similarly spelt
> counterpart in American English?
>
> The only one I can think of is perhaps that Americans oftens use of
> instead of have...  as in "He would of seen that".  But this can't be
> correct...  Any ideas?
>
> Matt
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