Steve Bennett wrote:
On 6/10/06, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
There seem to be lots of American editors who think that British English is *wrong*, and likewise British editors who think that American English is *wrong*. (They rarely come out and say this
I think you're mischaracterising it. There are a number of Americans in general who have had very little contact with British spelling, and find it *wrong*. Most British-spellers have had contact with American spelling, and those that object, find it *bad*. They generally accept it as a valid choice, they just don't like it.
So, generalising a lot, Am->Br is usually done out of ignorance, Br->Am out of bloody-mindedness.
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Shouldn't that be the other way around?