Sunday, June 14, 2009

English UK/USA


See the difference in spelling and remember them:
1. aluminium
2. aluminum
3. analyse
4. analyze
5. apologised
6. apologized
7. authorise
8. authorize
9. calibre
10. caliber
11. candour
12. candor
13. categorise
14. categorize
15. centre
16. center
17. characterisation
18. characterization
19. characterise
20. characterize
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1. cheque
2. check
3. colour
4. color
5. computerised
6. computerized
7. cosy
8. cozy
9. crystallise
10. crystallize
11. defence
12. defense
13. diarrhoea
14. diarrhea
15. dramatise
16. dramatize
17. encyclopaedia
18. encyclopedia
19. epitomise
20. epitomize
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1. equalise
2. equalize
3. favour
4. favor
5. favourite
6. favorite
7. fertilise
8. fertilize
9. fervour
10. fervor
11. fibre
12. fiber
13. flavour
14. flavor
15. furore
16. furor
17. glamourize
18. glamorize
19. globalisation
20. globalization
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1. grey
2. gray
3. harbour
4. harbor
5. harmonise
6. harmonize
7. honour
8. honor
9. humour
10. humor
11. jeopardise
12. jeopardize
13. jewellery
14. jewelry
15. judgement
16. judgment
17. licence
18. license
19. litres
20. liters
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1. magnetise
2. magnetize
3. manoeuvre
4. maneuver
5. marvellous
6. marvelous
7. materialise
8. materialize
9. maths
10. math
11. metre
12. meter
13. mould
14. mold
15. moult
16. molt
17. organise
18. organize
19. oxidise
20. oxidize
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2. parlor
3. plough
4. plow
5. practise
6. practice
7. practised
8. practiced
9. practising
10. practicing
11. programme
12. program
13. realise
14. realize
15. realised
16. realized
17. realising
18. realizing
19. recognise
20. recognize
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1. reorganise
2. reorganize
3. rumour
4. rumor
5. socialise
6. socialize
7. socialised
8. socialized
9. socialising
10. socializing
11. standardise
12. standardize
13. theatre
14. theater
15. theorise
16. theorize
17. unfavourable
18. unfavorable
19. urbanisation
20. urbanization
21. valour
22. valor
23. vapour
24. vapor
25. waggon
26. wagon

It's a Kilo byte of shocking to many in my circle. Most of my students follow Oxford board but unknowingly almost all of them were using American version of spellings.