ANSWERS: 27
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American, only because I AM an American and would get funny looks if I started using Oxford English...
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we spell words differently? .. really? .. i know some people spell favorite/favourite differently .. and donut/doughnut .. and colors/colours .. but i dont know which is which .. so i just use the one that spellcheck tells me is the right one
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I don't think I PREFER either...:) I'm British, so it would obviously be a bit weird if I started spelling 'colour', 'color' or 'realise' 'realize'... and my english teacher might not be very happy :) They're just different...personally, I like the extra letters.
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I like British spellings. If you use them here, people may think you are a show off.
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British
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British
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I love the British spellings. They don't call it English for nothing.
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British... it is where 'our' language came from after all. :-)
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Whatever spell check says. I am a terrible speller, so I rarely see a difference.
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British! British! British! It was our language originally :D
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American, I have hard enough time spelling as it is.
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American, just because that's what I'm used to and have been spelling it like that my whole life.
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Being British I am more inclined to use the UK spellings as opposed to the US system.
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Neither, actually. Since I'm Australian, I'm used to the Australian spelling. Strangely, even though the Australian way of spelling is supoosed to be the official spelling, the Labor party uses "Labor" instead of "Labour."
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American.
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British. These spell checkers are totally annoying. They keeo picking me up on favour, colour, aluminium, etc. I also prefer the British pronunciation of route and buoy.
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I'm Canadian..so I was brought up with the British spellings.
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british. i live in australia.
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I prefer the American spelling because I am more used to it.
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I like British spellings, but, as I was born and raised in the States, I use American spellings.
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I prefer Canadian (British as well?) spelling because I'm used to it, but I think American spelling makes more sense.
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Since I was educated in Europe > English spelling. Though since I have been on Answerbag I do find myself slipping into American spelling quite often.
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American.
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American.
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I'm American, but I prefer British spellings because they look cooler =p
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British. Consider the situation: There are two areas here who speak English. One is the collection of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, the other is the United States of America. Personally, I think the English are the ones who are speaking English. ; )
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British. There really is no justification for "American spelling" (really misspelling). It wasn't based on prescription (the etymology of the words) or description (with very few exceptions, such as "jail," people didn't spell that way at the time it was invented) and thus it really isn't anything other than a misguided attempt at unnecessary reform in order to "simplify" spelling for American schoolkids. But American schoolkids aren't dumber than those anywhere else, and to tell them they are will be demotivational.
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