What are some words you feel sound more right in both the American and British English?

I use a mix of the two depending on the word.

For example, I stand by pronouncing words like “Amazon” with an “ehn” sound at the end over an “ohn” sound, prefer spelling colour and flavour with a u, and also like using double Ls for words like travelling. Also, it is “grey”. (British English)

However, I pronounce Z as “zee”and call them fries rather than chips.

There are also spellings where I sort of alternate between depending on my mood, such as “meter” vs “metre”and“airplane” vs “aeroplane”

Are there any words that you think sound better in British and American spellings/pronunciations?

  • Ace@feddit.uk
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    4 days ago

    Being British, I obviously almost entirely use British spelling. However I’ll concede a couple of points in specific circumstances:

    • spelt, and other past tenses which end in -t instead of -ed, are silly. I prefer spelled.
    • Capitalising the word after a colon: Sometimes does feel right somehow, but sometimes doesn’t.

    The Z’s are silly.

    Losing the argument on “aluminum” and agreeing to call it aluminium but then calling it aluminum anyway, is silly.

    Dropping the U’s from words such as “colour” - I get the simplification argument and I’d take or leave them, but I’m pro-U.

    • JacksonLamb@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Depends on the tense.

      I spell it wrong.

      I have spelled it wrong.

      I spelled it wrong.

      I had spelt it wrong.

      “I had spelled it wrong” sounds like a hillbilly.

    • Wahots@pawb.social
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      4 days ago

      Dropping the U’s from words such as “colour” - I get the simplification argument and I’d take or leave them, but I’m pro-U.

      The pronunciation seems slightly different too, Color (Kolor) vs colour (coul-err). Or at least I pronounce them slightly differently depending on which word I read.