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In the UK, according to the OED, "the spelling cha-is chiefly in pharmacy, after Latin; that with ca-is literary and popular". In the US, chamomile dominates in all senses. carat: karat, carat The spelling with a "k" is used in the US only for the measure of purity of gold. The "c" spelling is universal for weight. [139] cheque: check
(For example, in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK and Ireland, ageing is more common than aging; in Canada and the US, aging is more common.) The spelling systems of unlisted Commonwealth countries, such as India, Pakistan and Singapore, are generally close to the British spelling system, with possibly a few local differences.
Centre of population This calculation depends on the method used (mean, median or geometric median; see Centre of population for details). A calculation by Danny Dorling using the mean (least squares) method based on local authority district data from the 1990s gave the population centre of Great Britain at Appleby Parva , Leicestershire, 20 ...
This is a list of British English words that have different American English spellings, for example, colour (British English) and color (American English). Word pairs are listed with the British English version first, in italics, followed by the American English version:
Name list Subdivision Place Pronunciation Notes Respelling IPA; England: Acomb, North Yorkshire: YAK-əm / ˈ j æ k ə m / [1] Historic; now regular England: Acomb, Northumberland
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The Oxford spelling affects about 200 verbs, [6] and is favoured on etymological grounds, in that ‑ize corresponds more closely to the Greek root of most ‑ize verbs, -ίζω (‑ízō). [7] The suffix ‑ize has been in use in the UK since the 15th century, [5] and is the spelling variation used in North American English.
New Zealand spelling of -re words such as centre, fibre, litre, and theatre has always followed the British spelling as opposed to the American center, fiber, liter, and theater. [ citation needed ] Nouns with the -ce suffix such as defence and licence are usually spelt with -ce as opposed to the American defense and license .