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Allow both British and American spellings
understudy wrote
at 6:11 AM, Tuesday March 25, 2008 CDT
British spelling should be just as acceptable, if not more so, than American spelling, e.g. jeweller.

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lesplaydices wrote
at 8:41 AM, Thursday March 27, 2008 CDT
Yes.
Radix- wrote
at 12:23 AM, Saturday March 29, 2008 CDT
also pyjamas vs pajamas
Sophalis wrote
at 2:10 PM, Saturday March 29, 2008 CDT
moustache/mustache
windshield/windscreen
sidewalk/pavement
garbage/rubbish
"sanitation worker" / bin man
your mom /your mum

also dollar, cent, quarter etc should be taken out, as with the states.
kwizatz wrote
at 2:52 PM, Friday April 4, 2008 CDT
Allowing both spellings would be good for words like racket/racquet, color/colour... not for sanitation worker/bin man, dollar/pound. You can't take out all the words that are used in one culture vs another. Should torch and flashlight be the same? Elevator and lift? Eh.
kublai wrote
at 2:58 PM, Friday April 4, 2008 CDT
I have found that many misspellings are accepted by the system anyway. Would that cover an extra 'u' here and there?