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The spelling draught reflects the older pronunciation, / d r ɑː x t /. Draft emerged in the 16th century to reflect the change in pronunciation. [146] [147] dyke: dike: The spelling with "i" is sometimes found in the UK, but the "y" spelling is rare in the US, where the y distinguishes dike in this sense from dyke, a slur term for a lesbian ...
In geometry, a centre (British English) or center (American English) (from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) 'pointy object') of an object is a point in some sense in the middle of the object. According to the specific definition of centre taken into consideration, an object might have no centre.
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.
This is a list of British English words that have different American English spellings, for example, colour (British English) and color (American English). Word pairs are listed with the British English version first, in italics, followed by the American English version:
The simplest form of visitor center is an information board, such as this one in Wallendbeen, Australia. A visitor center or centre (see American and British English spelling differences), visitor information center or tourist information centre is a physical location that provides information to tourists. [1]
2 Spelling revert to "centre" 4 comments. Toggle the table of contents. Template talk: 2008 Summer Olympics venues. Add languages.
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One is the British spelling, (-tre) the other is the American spelling (-ter). Like Centre vs Center, Colour vs Color, Realise vs Realize, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.103.239.198 03:03, 3 June 2004 (UTC) So then, what's the standard spelling for Wikipedia?