Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by devnulloverflow 2418 days ago
> British idiomatic spellings

Let's get this straight. There's "American English" used in the US and Canada. And then there English, where "colour" is spelled with a "U", and that's used in lot more countries, and natively spoken by more people than American English.
2 comments
pasabagi 2418 days ago
>more people

Really? Are you talking about India? If so, I'm not sure what percentage of people have english as their mother tongue - I think it would be quite small. Also, I think indian english is about as dissimilar to british english as american english is.

link
Teever 2418 days ago
Actually Canadian english somewhat of a blend between American and British.

'Colour' and "Cheque' are spellings that are common in Canada.

link