This wasn't about American confusion as much as British perception of
American intelligence. But we have gotten so far off subject now and I think
a return to the issue of trying to help multilingual audiences would be
welcomed by the entire list.

Katie

PS: I also prefer "grey" to gray. I always think of grey as a warm color
with more red in it and gray as a cool color with more blue in it.
Admittedly a quirk, but it is my quirk and I enjoy it.



on 3/11/02 05:59 PM, Robert P. Martin at [log in to unmask] wrote:

>> There are a few words common to both British and American English that are
>> spelled differently, like words that end in -ize here would end in -ise
>> Everything was spelled using British English, which would make an American
>> English teacher cringe if those spellings were submitted on a paper written
>> in the states.
>
>
> Oh, I don't know.  It seems that most American teachers of English
> understand that these differences in spelling don't spring from thin air -
> that there's a history behind it (owing no small debt to Noah Webster).
> I've gotten away all my life with spelling "grey" rather than "gray," the
> accepted American spelling.
>
> I don't mean to be obtuse regarding your initial point, though, which I
> believe came down to the use of British spellings on a pamphlet clearly
> marked with an American flag.  Nevertheless, it doesn't seem likely that
> Americans (even those of us who occasionally wear John Deere caps) would
> be particularly confused by an alternate spelling.  Unless, of course, it
> were a Monday.
>
> RPM

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