American vs British Spelling

[_veritasluxmea_]

I started off in this journal telling myself I will use the American spelling but it's becoming harder and harder as I have to write/spell the British way every day and consequently I spend WAY more time writing in British English. Thus, when I write in LJ, I'm trying to control something that has now become natural to me and the original thing

Comments

[mobobocita]

I'm American and use the British spelling on a lot of things, Grey, Cancelled, Travelled (2 Ls makes more SENSE!), I see no problem with doing it other than LJ's spell check is stupid.

[mylovemydarling]

but surpriZe? My goodness, that's taking things too far!

[_veritasluxmea_]

SEE! i have a hard time remembering the american spellings - especially in these cases where we do use the "S" instead of the "Z"

i wouldn't have ever thought British spelling would "feel" dominant in my brain only after some 20 months in GB.

[mylovemydarling]

Well, at least you know all the important parts of the word. I'm sure I told you before, but I believe I was sixteen by the time I knew about the first "R" in surprise. I was very resistant too, as I recall telling the acquaintance who tried to enlighten me, "Well it SOUNDS like suh-prize to me." I was also very unpleasant at age 15 about the whole first "A" in separate thing. heh

So, yeah. At least you can blame that whole country thing. I'm just piss-poor at spelling.

[wickedsin]

and of course

theatre

versus

theater

[kandigurl]

I mix up "surprise" and "surprize" all the time and I don't live in England at all! "Surprize" looks more correct to me.