What American English spelling can you not accept vs British or Australian?

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totallyradman@reddit

As long as people don't pronounce it "thee-ate-er". I do not like when they do that.

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quietfangirl@reddit

How about "thee-ahh-tray" said in the most ridiculous and terrible fancy fake british accent you can do?

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Mtrina@reddit

See i thought one was for movies and the other for plays

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meils121@reddit

I use them both but they are different things in my mind. Like a movie theater vs. a theatre where you'd see a live show. Just a different vibe.

I feel the same way about gray vs. grey. They have a different vibe to me. Grey feels like a richer/deeper color to me.

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Drew707@reddit

Same. I didn't even realize it was a thing until I was running a telco retention group. I always thought it was LL.

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cautiously-curious65@reddit

Yes, please don’t mention those books. Just let them die.

All of them are unhealthy and representing abuse and neglect.

Those books are terrible.

I say that as someone in a bdsm relationship, going to a conference in a couple weeks, have had conversations around consent for bdsm hundreds of times.

Fuck those books.

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Drew707@reddit

I think you responded to the wrong one of my comments, but I have heard this sentiment before and respect it.

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cautiously-curious65@reddit

God I hate this app. The was commenting on the “50 shades” comment. It seems hilariously unhinged, so I kind of want to keep it up…

It’s your call.

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It was just a quip; I've never read the books nor seen the movies, but A) I understand that they do not represent a true consenting BDSM relationship, and B) I was very surprised to hear they are a spinoff of Twilight fanfic?

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cautiously-curious65@reddit

Apparently, the author was “inspired” by twilight. Which also has questionable motives and plot. Both are pretty troubling.

Twilight is apparently heavily influenced my Mormon themes..which if you read/watch through that lens it’s.. somehow more icky.

My roommate at the time was obsessed with all the books, and I was fully, mouth open, aghast and horrified. For both twilight and 50 shades.

Not because of the sex, but because of how unsafe and abusive it was. Domestic abuse isnt bdsm…I remember reading like, the first couple chapters of 50 shades and I was like, “did we consent to anything at all?” And I ragequit. It was so dangerous. I got halfway through the movie and I could not stop saying “that’s not healthy” and “Jesus, this is assault”.

And same goes for twilight with its portrayal of glorifying a completely terrible, abusive relationship. Where the woman (in both stories) is supposed to be celebrated for being stalked so hard, and controlled so much that she loses her autonomy with zero conversation about consent.

Like, that’s a whole fetish that people sign up for, which is fine..But you can’t force someone to accept your fetish, or sign them up for your fetish unwillingly.

And somehow, Edward and Christian are supposed to be sex symbols…?

Like, they’re abusers. And predators. Coercion into those types of relationships is literally illegal.

Probably half of what Ana thinks is “I don’t know about this, I’m hapless and helpless” and what she sees is extremely concerning.

And I say this with 15+ years in the bdsm world and married to a proDom.

50 shades is probably the worst example of a good Dom/sub relationship in pop culture I’ve ever heard, second only to twilight. The fact that either of them were popular is.. concerning.

Like, that’s bad.

There are relationships that involve contracts, but a key aspect to a dom/sub relationship to get to a point where a contract is signed (which isnt actually enforceable) is extreme trust.

I mean.. the whole thing requires consent and trust at the bare minimum. And neither are present for like.. every scene in 50 shades.

And in twilight, the overarching theme that edward is remotely a good person.. Jacob’s whole character, Bella’s dad, all her friends are like “he’s not a good person” and “don’t do this” which is.. alarming.

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Drew707@reddit

You've reinforced the opinions I've heard on the topic and I respect your opinion on the matter. Thank you.

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Jaymac720@reddit (OP)

I usually write it with a double L

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nope-its@reddit

Oh I much prefer the 1 L. Two looks ridiculous.

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Noolivesplease@reddit

Yes, grey and cancelled. The latter, though, I sometimes wonder if people will see as an actual misspelling. Grey I think is accepted more frequently.

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LadyCoru@reddit

This was going to be my answer. I don't care, I spell it that way anyway.

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Antisirch@reddit

Same.

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HardBassSlut@reddit

Is this pronounced any differently or is there an additional "l" for no reason? Many American changes I don't agree with such as color vs colour, I pronounce it as if there is a "U" there so I think it should be there but an extra "l" just feels pointless.

Am American if that's not obvious.

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leumasllc404@reddit

In many cases, the changes in spelling don't affect pronunciation and were intentional changes made to reduce excess letters. I think Webster spearheaded or at least cemented a lot of those changes when he made his dictionary.

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ResortRadiant4258@reddit

I don't pronounce them differently. I think they're both commonly used/accepted in American English, but the double l version is considered to be the British way.

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cupcakebean@reddit

It annoys me that my phone accepts both ways, so I never truly know which one is standard. There's another word that does it but I can't remember it now.

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Nivlac93@reddit

I write it with 2 "l"s unless I am using spell check

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JimDemintRecession@reddit

Canceled is more common but they're both correct in American English

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Informal_Sound_100@reddit

I always take out the second L from canceled but can’t bring myself to write cancelation

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Eric848448@reddit

I never even noticed there’s a difference.

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_Molj@reddit

Queue just makes me laugh. Oh, and quay.
Kwayway and key. Suuure. 😁

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_Molj@reddit

Sorry about getting that backwards, chums and mates 😆

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Queer_Advocate@reddit

Double consonants are fun. I just love, but not just bc spelling: marvellous. Random I like for better word for it: boot better than trunk, knackard, skive v hookie in the US, faff, miffed and kurfufle. Bollocks is gold. Chuffed is a fabulous word. Humour, Honour and colour for spelling. Any U rule words. Ise versus ize words. Centre absolutely should be spelled like the Brits. I prefer -ence over -ense.

I'm obsessed with Britbox shows!

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MrRaspberryJam1@reddit

I often instinctively write “grey” instead of “gray” for whatever reason

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quietfangirl@reddit

I personally use them as different shades. I can't explain it, I just associate "grey" and "gray" with different tones. "Gray" is lighter imo

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Drew707@reddit

But there's like 50 shades, right?

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MrsLobster@reddit

‘Gray’ is the dominant spelling.

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Drew707@reddit

What's the power bottom spelling?

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quietfangirl@reddit

The power bottom is the dominant. That's what the "power" part implies. I think you're asking after the submissive spelling. Anyway, they're both switches so their power dynamic changes!

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Drew707@reddit

I don't know shit about any of this. I just regurgitate shit I read online like an LLM.

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audiodude9@reddit

You should be whipped for that reference.

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Drew707@reddit

Oh, threaten me with a good time, will you?

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Alive_Ordinary2987@reddit

I fucking love this chain of comments 😂

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audiodude9@reddit

You could have left off the last two words and joined the party.

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gleaming-the-cubicle@reddit

I wholeheartedly agree, grey is darker than gray

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garster25@reddit

Me too. Grey is darker, gray is lighter.

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Ph4ntorn@reddit

I like “gray” for warmer tones and “grey” for cooler. But, when it’s close, I agree that “gray” is lighter.

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DREAM_PARSER@reddit

I kinda hate "gray"

I pronounce it "grey" with more of an eh sound. "Gray" should sound more like "gay" which is distinctly more "Ay" and that ISNT how I pronounce it and pronouncing it that way feels way too upbeat and not really with the tone of the word.

That being said this is probably so subtle that no one would ever notice other than me lol

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Noolivesplease@reddit

I too prefer grey.

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Dangerous-Budget937@reddit

Little Edie of Grey Gardens would concur.

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ClitasaurusTex@reddit

Yeah Gray is harsh, Grey is soft, like the color.

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Deelala0516@reddit

Grey is just more grey.

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Streamjumper@reddit

Same here. It just seems more correct.

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poechris@reddit

I have a cousin named Gray and another cousin whose middle name is Gray, so I always spell the color as grey.

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NissanZtt@reddit

You guys can keep tyre, we don’t want it.

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CommandAlternative10@reddit

Same with Aluminium.

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benk4@reddit

Aluminium makes more sense, -ium is a very common element suffix. I just like aluminum better though

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OK_Stop_Already@reddit

well the history of the name is way more complicated than that. they wanted to call it aluminium against the discoverer's wishes. He wanted it to be Alumium, but then later changed it to Aluminum. Then in Europe, they changed it to Aluminium because they wanted it to fit with the other element suffixes... enough though it's not standard now, or was it then.

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CrawfishP@reddit

Platinium?

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benk4@reddit

That was named well before -ium became standard. The split on aluminum is because it was discovered so late. Aluminum sounds a lot better to me, but aluminium is more in line with the convention.

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humble-meercat@reddit

Except that one is so embarrassing because it came from corporate laziness and makes us look too stupid to check spelling and then too cheap to fix it!!

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Jaymac720@reddit (OP)

I’m not British

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OmNomChompsky@reddit

Fuck that spelling. Straight to gaol.

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securityburger@reddit

It sounds medieval for some reason

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holtonaminute@reddit

I use tyre and kerb when I’m talking about racing

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roxanakin@reddit

you’ll stop being bothered by it if you read more. I got over this when I was 11

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Interesting-Run-6866@reddit

I'm American and I use "grey" and "theatre." I just like them better 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Jaymac720@reddit (OP)

I use those in the more abstract than physical sense. Like my shirt is gray, but the day feels grey. Musical theatre, movie theater

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nope-its@reddit

These are the two I agree with

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BruceTramp85@reddit

I thought theater refers to the building and theatre refers to the discipline.

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nicheencyclopedia@reddit

That’s how I use the two spellings

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IndependentEffect202@reddit

Same. It just 'looks' better to me.

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HypnoticRepository@reddit

I also use theatre.

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gleaming-the-cubicle@reddit

Theatre for stage, theater for screen

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vyrus2021@reddit

Theatre cones off as pretentious to me

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OK_Stop_Already@reddit

same, I'm naturally inclined to spell it 'grey'. 'gray' just looks...not right.

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Eric848448@reddit

Every time I write the word I can’t remember which is correct and choose one randomly.

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PinchedTazerZ0@reddit

I got corrected for spelling it "grey" in school and I was like "how is that wrong"

Teacher went ""g-r-A-y" for America "g--r-E-y" for England! It's easy to remember!"

I didn't realize the spelling varied between the two areas because english was a second language so I'm just like lady what the fuck are you talking about? What am I supposed to spell it as?

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doodlebopsy@reddit

GrAy is American. GrEy is English.

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Im_Not_Nick_Fisher@reddit

Not so much a spelling, but I’ve started using the H in herb. And the word weekend as week-end rather than just a single word.

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Ph4ntorn@reddit

Eddie Izard would be proud (because it’s got an f-ing H in it).

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Etherbeard@reddit

A British person has a lot of nerve to complain about others not pronouncing letters, considering some of their town names have multiple silent whole syllables.

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WoodwifeGreen@reddit

But herb is a French word and the h is silent in French.

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JohnnyC300@reddit

A pronounced h in herb is name to me. Like Herb Alpert of Herb Brooks. The plant pieces used in food shall always have a silent h.

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3rdcultureblah@reddit

Aluminum. Gray. Judgment. Donut. Yogurt. Cognizant. Whiskey. Pajamas. Aging. Mold. Specialty. Jewelry. Dialog (and all the other -logs). Check (as opposed to cheque). Draft. Banister. Enquiry. Cipher. Sheik. Phony. Practise. Exorcize. Learned.

The list goes on..

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signedupfornightmode@reddit

I’d like matching advertise to all the “ise” words spelled with “ize” in the US.

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3rdcultureblah@reddit

Aluminum. Gray. Judgment. Donut. Yogurt. Cognizant. Whiskey. Pajamas. Aging. Mold. Specialty. Jewelry. Dialog (and all the other -logs). Check (as opposed to cheque). Draft. Banister. Enquiry. Cipher. Sheik. Phony. Practise. Exorcize. Learned.

The list goes on..

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quietfangirl@reddit

I prefer doughnut over donut, unless I'm talking about a specific brand. Donut just looks so... incomplete.

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ThrowRA_72726363@reddit

But all those extra letters are literally doing nothing. In fact i think we should donut-ize a lot more words.

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bobrob2004@reddit

I agree. Donut just looks wrong while doughnut looks right.

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Afraid_Equivalent_95@reddit

I thought donut was just created by Dunkin and doughnut was the correct spelling

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med118@reddit

I had a friend who could never quite understand that it was dough and nut put together so he’d always misspell it and it would end up like “dognuts” or some shit

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PhilTheThrill1808@reddit

I personally prefer “kerb” to our “curb”, just because it looks more fun to me.

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XTanuki@reddit

“Curb your enthusiasm” but “put the trash bin at the kerb”

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Norwester77@reddit

Yes, though etymologically they’re the same word (both from Middle French courbe). The Brits just randomly decided to respell it in one of its meanings.

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XTanuki@reddit

Love this response, thanks!!

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PhilTheThrill1808@reddit

Exactly, thank you for further clarifying what I meant… forgot to specify

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XTanuki@reddit

LOL - that’s just how I use them… making me ask… is “kerb your enthusiasm” legit? Seems odd

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PhilTheThrill1808@reddit

I don’t think it is legit haha, pretty sure the KE spelling is just for the other usage. Might actually have to pop over to AskUK or whatever it’s called to ask them

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TemerariousChallenge@reddit

Crazy, this is one of the ones I can’t stand 😔 I like a lot of other British spellings though

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Penguin_Scout@reddit

That looks super wrong and yet, I agree, more fun.

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AppropriateDark5189@reddit

Don’t get me started with the past tense of cancel.

Grew up in the American South and for some reason I learned the extra “u” in words. I also continue to perpetuate it.

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rawbface@reddit

Y'all can't be serious with "kerb"

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AshDenver@reddit

For some reason, I grew up reading English literature so my default is the English spelling despite having lived my whole life in the USA.

Colour, honour, humour. Even almuminium.

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forceghost187@reddit

“Zed” is insane

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janegrey1554@reddit

TIL I have read enough British literature that my instinctive spelling for many words follows the Commonwealth standard.

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ImKidA@reddit

I don’t usually have issues with spelling, but if you talk to me about your “shedule”, I’ll want to sent you back to shool.

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Low_Key_2827@reddit

I can't stand the American spelling of Judgment. The British are right, there should be another 'E' in there. It's Judge-ment. It should be spelled Judgement.

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DREAM_PARSER@reddit

I didnt even know this was a thing, "judgment" looks APPALLING and I HATE it

Might as well spell it "Ejakayshun" instead of education.

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Roadhouse699@reddit

Apparently "ax" is the American spelling of "axe", but I can't remember ever seeing it spelled that way.

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UdderSuckage@reddit

Very important in scrabble and crossplay.

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Shiny_Mew76@reddit

I much prefer “Centre” to “Center”

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Traveling-Techie@reddit

I still confuse grey and gray.

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BouncingSphinx@reddit

Diarrhoea looks absurd with an added O.

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JRNels0n@reddit

I will speak for all Americans and say that other than noting that yes, this must be an English UK spelling, no one cares. When my kids start saying things they hear on Bluey or Peppa Pig, it's amusing. Its not the end of the world.

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securityburger@reddit

I was playing with my niece and started cracking up when she said “let’s open the bonnet” she cried because she thought I was laughing at her. Which, I kinda was, but moreso the show

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JediLincoln14@reddit

All our spellings are fine. Who needs all those extra letters?

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beyondplutola@reddit

Glamour, strangely, kept the U in American English. It’s like it got forgotten or someone stepped in and was like, “Nah man. Now you’re just going too far.”

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UdderSuckage@reddit

Very glamorous.

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WattleWaddler2@reddit

Yur totaly rit.

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ElectricSnowBunny@reddit

I read a lot of British literature growing up so I generally hate all the vowel drops or switches with some notable exceptions, mustache being one of them.

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Norwester77@reddit

“Judgment” bugs me. A g should not be “soft” before an m.

Also, I rarely see anyone use “ax,” even though that’s theoretically the American spelling.

“Oedema” and “oestrogen” have the o because the original Greek versions of those words had an oi diphthong (written “oe” in Latin spelling).

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ChristWasAZombie@reddit

i like aerofoil over airfoil but not aeroplane over airplane.

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ucbiker@reddit

I prefer the way British people pronounce “advertisement.”

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Legitimate_Team_9959@reddit

Grey is better than gray

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securityburger@reddit

In my head for some strange reason, gray sounds so much bigger, whereas grey is soft, elegant

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PipPopAnonymous@reddit

Paedophile, among others like it but this one came to mind first bc I was just reading about Trump selling off our national forests and well, I’m sure you can draw the connection.

I like that they do the ae=ē

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