Most/least Annoying Spellings

[nq:1]To Americans: Which British spellings look the most wrong to you, and which British spellings do you occasionally find yourself using?[/nq]
Most wrong: Tonne, Programme, the diphthongs (except aesthetic; esthetic looks ridiculous to me.)
Least wrong: the -gues, especially dialogue, which I find preferable to the American "dialog." In verb forms, however, the u goes (no dialoguing or

In our last episode,
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the lovely and talented Nick Cassaro
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]To Brits: Which American spellings look the most wrong to you, and which American spellings do you occasionally find yourself using? To Americans: Which British spellings look the most wrong to you, and which British spellings do you occasionally find yourself using?[/nq]
"Gaol" ge

[nq:1]I had many English editions of children's books when I was young, so I picked up many of the extraneous u's (labour, colour, etc.), but "grey" has stuck with me.[/nq]
I think I more naturally use 'grey' than 'gray'. I believe it may be J.R.R. "Ron" Tolkien's influence, as I read his books enthusiastically when I were a lad, and those books use the word 'grey' in just about every paragrap

[nq:1]To Americans: Which British spellings look the most wrong to you, and which British spellings do you occasionally find yourself using?[/nq]
I'm not American, but I'm an American-speller, so I'll answer anyway. Of British spellings widely used in Canada, the ugliest for me is "cheque".

It does seem natural to me to spell "cancelled" with a double L, although I do not extend that

[nq:1]To Brits: Which American spellings look the most wrong to you, and which American spellings do you occasionally find yourself using?[/nq]
In the first category, "skeptic" always looks like a typographical error to me.
In the second group, I find I use "-led" rather than "-t" for "spelt/spelled" and "learnt/learned" (but "leapt" rather than "leaped").
I believe the "-ed" forms are

[nq:1]On 19 Jun 2005, Nick Cassaro wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]To Brits: Which American spellings look the most wrong to you, and which American spellings do you occasionally find yourself using?[/nq]
[nq:1]In the first category, "skeptic" always looks like a typographical error to me. In the second group, I find I ... and "learnt/learned" (but "leapt" rather than "leaped"). I believe the "-ed" forms

[nq:1]To Brits: Which American spellings look the most wrong to you, and which American spellings do you occasionally find yourself using?[/nq]
Most wrong: worshiped, kidnaped.
Used: most computer words. In fact, like many non-AmE speakers, I distinguish between 'programme' and 'program'.

Rob Bannister

[nq:2]To Brits: Which American spellings look the most wrong to you, and which American spellings do you occasionally find yourself using?[/nq]
[nq:1]Most wrong: worshiped, kidnaped.[/nq]
These aren't correct in any English dialect as far as I know, and may anyone who use them be arrested by the grammar police immediately. We Americans are much too lazy to double "l"s but we certainly take

Robert Bannister:
[nq:2]Most wrong: worshiped, kidnaped.[/nq]
Nick Cassaro:
[nq:1]...may anyone who use them be arrested by the grammar police immediately. We Americans are much too lazy to double "l"s but we certainly take the time to double "p"s.[/nq]
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary : # One entry found for kidnap.
# Main Entry: kid·nap (audio.gif)
# Pronunciation: 'kid-

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