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talljasperman's avatar

What are some words that are spelled differently from Canadian and American?

Asked by talljasperman (21919points) November 11th, 2015

Like potatoe and potato, and check and cheque.

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canidmajor's avatar

Center, center. Color, colour. Theater, theatre. Honor, honour. Most of those of similar types, just for starters.

Espiritus_Corvus's avatar

Well, if the Quebecois haven’t seceded yet, there’s the whole French dictionary.

JLeslie's avatar

The most obvious are color, honor (although on formal invitations we sometimes use the honour spelling) and harbor.

I’m pretty sure travelled and traveled? Judgement and judgment. Do Canadians use doughnut? America usually spells it donut. What about omelette? Omelet? I often spell it omelette, because that spelling make more sense to me.

zenvelo's avatar

In the US we call people from Canada Canadians. In Canada, they spell it Canadiens.

flo's avatar

Neighbour and Neighbor is another one.
But there is so much more I thought it was just a few. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences

@zenvelo Les citoyens Canadiens in French, and Canadian citizens in English
Canadiens is the name of a hockey team also known as the Habs.

Espiritus_Corvus's avatar

The Canadians tend to follow the Brits in their Euro-centric spellings. Is gray (US) spelled grey (UK) in Canada?

JLeslie's avatar

Grey and gray are both used synonymously in the US.

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si3tech's avatar

I think orthopædic is a departure from our orthopedic, in Canada and Britain.

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