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Re: American -> English Spellings [message #256555 is a reply to message #256554] Mon, 30 April 2007 15:26 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Because someone will mistakenly install the wrong language and complain when the see it spelled "armour" and "colour".

And of course there are different pronunciations for some words as well. Lieutenant is pronounced "lef-tenant", for example. (A Lieu in Britain is not a place you'd want to be a Tenant)

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