Ok since American spelling seems to be increasingly creeping into the everyday english of australians (due to media, movies etc from America) heres a rough guide of how to stay patriotic for Australia day! :thumbsup:
-OUR (as opposed to -or in America)
eg. Colour, Flavour, Honour, Armour
-RE (as opposed to -er in America)
eg. Centre, Lustre, Metre (as in a unit length, a device which measures something is spelt meter eg. voltmeter)
-ISE or -YSE (as opposed to -ize or -yze in America NB: sometimes interchanged anyway)
eg. Minimise, organise, realise, analyse, paralyse
Other things include
MOULD not mold (and the like)
TYRE not tire
and most importantly: MUM!!!! not Mom!!!!!!! :bang:
added: ARSE not ass
The full list is on wikipedia:
American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Have a good Australia Day!
-OUR (as opposed to -or in America)
eg. Colour, Flavour, Honour, Armour
-RE (as opposed to -er in America)
eg. Centre, Lustre, Metre (as in a unit length, a device which measures something is spelt meter eg. voltmeter)
-ISE or -YSE (as opposed to -ize or -yze in America NB: sometimes interchanged anyway)
eg. Minimise, organise, realise, analyse, paralyse
Other things include
MOULD not mold (and the like)
TYRE not tire
and most importantly: MUM!!!! not Mom!!!!!!! :bang:
added: ARSE not ass
The full list is on wikipedia:
American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Have a good Australia Day!
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