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Which Spelling Do You Use?

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There are lots of words out there that have more than one acceptable spelling. Which ones do you use?

 

acknowledgment/acknowledgement

 

adviser/advisor

 

aesthetic/esthetic

 

among/amongst

 

analog/analogue

 

archaeology/archeology

 

ax/axe

 

barbecue/barbeque

 

cancelled/canceled

 

cypher/cipher

 

disc/disk

 

donut/doughnut

 

draught/draft

 

enquire/inquire

 

flier/flyer

 

gray/grey

 

omelette/omelet

 

theater/theatre

 

travelled/traveled

 

toward/towards

 

whiskey/whisky

acknowledgement

aesthetic

amongst

analog

archaeology

ax

barbeque

cancelled

cipher

disc

doughnut

draft

inquire

flyer

grey

omelet

theatre

traveled

toward

whiskey

Aesthetic

Archaeology

 

When you have an opportunity to construct an ash, you take it.

There are lots of words out there that have more than one acceptable spelling. Which ones do you use?

 

acknowledgment/acknowledgement

 

adviser/advisor

 

aesthetic/esthetic

 

among/amongst

 

analog/analogue

 

archaeology/archeology

 

ax/axe

 

barbecue/barbeque

 

cancelled/canceled

 

cypher/cipher

 

disc/disk

 

donut/doughnut

 

draught/draft

 

enquire/inquire

 

flier/flyer

 

gray/grey

 

omelette/omelet

 

theater/theatre

 

travelled/traveled

 

toward/towards

 

whiskey/whisky

 

bolded are mine

acknowledgement

adviser

aesthetic

among

analog

archeology

axe

barbeque

canceled

cypher

disc

doughnut

draft...unless discussing horses

inquire

flyer

gray/grey...both

omelette

theater

traveled

toward

whiskey

Some of these depend on what I'm writing about.

 

Bourbon and rye are whiskey.

 

Scotch is whisky.

There are lots of words out there that have more than one acceptable spelling. Which ones do you use?

 

acknowledgment/acknowledgement

 

adviser/advisor

 

aesthetic/esthetic

 

among/amongst

 

analog/analogue

 

archaeology/archeology

 

ax/axe

 

barbecue/barbeque

 

cancelled/canceled

 

cypher/cipher

 

disc/disk

 

donut/doughnut

 

draught/draft

 

enquire/inquire

 

flier/flyer

 

gray/grey

 

omelette/omelet

 

theater/theatre

 

travelled/traveled

 

toward/towards

 

whiskey/whisky

 

ask

Whisky = Scotch

Whiskey = all others

Gray and grey makes me crazy. I feel like a little kid not knowing how to spell the word correctly. I always go with grey but stop everytime to think about it.

There are lots of words out there that have more than one acceptable spelling. Which ones do you use?

 

 

barbecue/barbeque

 

BBQ!!!
Gray and grey makes me crazy. I feel like a little kid not knowing how to spell the word correctly. I always go with grey but stop everytime to think about it.

 

I heard once that in America you use gray. In England, you use grey. I'm sure there is no basis for that and I have no idea what the rest of the world would do, but I've used gray since then.

Some of these depend on what I'm writing about.

 

Bourbon and rye are whiskey.

 

Scotch is whisky.

 

Whisky = Scotch

Whiskey = all others

 

 

Don't tell the folks at Old Forester that.

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Don't tell the folks at Old Forester that.

 

Their an anomaly.

ask

 

Years ago , I "axed" in a thread why certain folks say this instead of "ask." To my surprise, the thread got deleted. :) It's a bit annoying to hear.

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