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In British English, Indian English, New Zealand English, Hiberno-English, Australian English, and South African English it is spelled jewellery. At the same time, the spelling is jewelry in American English. [3] Both are used in Canadian English. However, jewellery prevails by a two-to-one margin.
The following is a handy reference for editors, listing various common spelling differences between national varieties of English. Please note: If you are not familiar with a spelling, please do some research before changing it – it may be your misunderstanding rather than a mistake, especially in the case of American and British English spelling differences.
A pendant earring is an earring with a piece hanging down. Its name stems from the Latin word pendere and Old French word pendr, both of which translate to "to hang down". In modern French, pendant is the gerund form of pendre ("to hang") and also means "during". The extent to which the design of a pendant can be incorporated into an overall ...
Color change sapphires are blue in outdoor light and purple under incandescent indoor light, or green to gray-green in daylight and pink to reddish-violet in incandescent light. [clarification needed] Color-change sapphires come from a variety of locations, including Madagascar, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Tanzania. Two types exist.
Grey became the established British spelling in the 20th century, [12] but it is a minor variant in American English, according to dictionaries. Canadians tend to prefer grey [why?]. The two spellings are of equal antiquity, and the Oxford English Dictionary states that "each of the current spellings has some analogical support". [150]
Magenta is variously defined as a purplish-red, reddish-purple, or a mauvish–crimson color. On color wheels of the RGB and CMY color models, it is located midway between red and blue, opposite green. Complements of magenta are evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 500–530 nm.
The pendant was created in the 1920s, and the late Princess of Wales famously wore it at a charity gala in 1987. "It is understood that the cross was only ever worn by the Princess, and following ...
The color has been widely referenced as a characterization, the colour of key plot objects, or as flavor text in many works: Heliotrope was a popular colour reference of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, script writers of Hancock's Half Hour.