Wikipedia talk:List of spelling variants

These pairs are mixed up
Sometimes the UK spelling is on the left, sometimes the US speling (sic) is on the left.

Also, an important omission is the pair:

(Bush,Satan)

the UK version of the spelling being on the right in this case.

Mike 05:15, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Maybe we can all chose a word and annotate which is which. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.30.39.56 (talk) 19:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

After section "A" the English varients are not italicized.
75.2.209.71 16:39, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

æ, œ
Many English words are spelt with æ and œ in the list as it stands today. This is so unusual in English as to be non-standard. I have added a note to this effect; maybe the entries in the list should be modified to show both versions, or perhaps better the 2-letter forms only? Particularly as at present you can't reliably search for words&mdash;no hits for manoeuvre, for example Pol098 (talk) 00:14, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Unusual usages
Some unusual usages have been included, and I've deleted them - please reinstate if justified.
 * complection, complexion - always complexion, I think
 * connection, connexion - connexion is archaic (or is it? see below)
 * click, clique – referring to an exclusive group. I've never heard of click in this sense, nor did a quick dictionary check find it.
 * dæmon, demon In modern English daemon is used only for a computer program constantly running in the background. Demon everywhere else.
 * propeller, propellor

Pol098 (talk) 00:39, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Irish Whiskey is spelt (spelled) with an "e".

Wohenben (talk) 14:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)


 * connexion is not all that archaic, methinks. I have used it and seen it used recently enough. It is also used in some mathematical terminology. See Wiktionary's Usage notes:

This spelling has been rarely encountered in the United States since the 19th century. In the United Kingdom the spelling remained in common use until the mid-twentieth century, since which time its use has declined. It is still a notable and accepted alternative spelling since it is retained by the British Methodist Church and some other organisations, and it is listed as a British alternative by the Oxford Dictionary.

Maitchy (talk) 00:25, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

show, show or shew
There is a line which reads: "show, show or shew" None of the words are italicised, so it's not clear which is the British English spelling. I believe "shew" is an archaic spelling anyway, but I've no idea if it is American or British. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dbdkmezz (talk • contribs) 23:45, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Reformat into table?
I feel that this article would be more clear as a table, with columns for British spelling, American spelling, and comments/notes. The current italics method is not as apparent, and inconsistent (sometimes with British first, sometimes with American first) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.49.225.144 (talk) 07:19, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

If in tabular form...

it could be useful to include a column to help with usage a little more that the current comments that are given for a few of the entries. It would be good to know whether whether, as a writer, you should change one word to another is re-writing material for a different country... but the title of this article doesn't limit the discussion to UK vs US English... so another column to flag historic uses by giving approx. dates when the word ceased to be considered the normal spelling could be useful (especially for writers wanting to set their text in a particular period). Maitchy (talk) 00:35, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

vyce?
I cannot find any good source of this as an alternative spelling for vice or vise. Maitchy (talk) 00:35, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Deletion of error
Please note that the spelling of 'lieutenant' in US and Brit. English is exactly the same. Pronunciation of the word differs: in US English it is pronounced lo̅o̅-tĕn′ənt whilst in Brit. English it is pronounced lĕf-tĕn′ənt.

Pronouns

 * thou, you
 * thee, you
 * thy, your
 * thine, your
 * thine, yours

112.209.65.28 (talk) 01:17, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

A

 * aenigma, enigma

O

 * oecology, ecology
 * oeconomy, economy