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Originally Posted by JoshAussie
I use a weird mix of both. (when spelling) i used to get in trouble at school for using American spelling. i didnt care tho i was doing year 12 English in year 10. My grammar is horrible. moi spelin is brillyant. << lol
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Lmao, when I was in 12th grade English, my teacher was constantly getting on my case for using British spellings on words like colour, armour, or honour. "You grew up in Nevada, so why are you writing like from you're from London?!" he once wrote on a short story I handed in.
I find British spellings more aesthetically pleasing <_<; .
I've had the impression since I started learning about other countries and languages that American English is pretty much the standard for everywhere outside of Africa, Australia, Britain (inc. Ireland), and Western Europe. It's hard for me to know, of course, but that's been my impression :P .
When I went to Jamaica, they couldn't seem to make up their minds whether to use AmEng or BritEng. Of course, there were also a lot of signs that were spelled phonetically rather than in the 'official' way of either country.