A language has its own **complete** set of vocabulary and grammar. A dialect is a regional variation, with a few new/different words, pronunciation or grammar.
Usually, dialects are **mutually intelligible**. That is, people speaking different dialects *usually* understand each other.
By using these definitions, it is pretty clear that American English and British English are just dialects, and not distinct languages.
analyze - analyse
organize - organise
recognize - recognise
prioritize - prioritise
customize - customise
finalize - finalise
socialization - socialisation
color - colour
honor - honour
favor - favour
neighbor - neighbour
behavior - behaviour
odor - odour
humor - humour
center - centre
meter - metre
theater - theatre
fiber - fibre
liter - litre
dialog - dialogue
catalog - catalogue
analog - analogue
monolog - monologue
epilog - epilogue
traveled - travelled
traveler - traveller
modeling - modelling
canceled - cancelled
jeweler - jeweller
quarreled - quarrelled
gray - grey
check - cheque
curb - kerb
draft - draught
mold - mould
plow - plough
tire - tyre
pajamas - pyjamas
encyclopedia - encyclopaedia
fetus - foetus
sulfur - sulphur
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To me "center" is so natural and "centre" feels so odd
@Cedur216 said in #23:
> To me "center" is so natural and "centre" feels so odd
Du bist ein Amerikaner in deine Seele!
@Cedur216 said in #23:
> To me "center" is so natural and "centre" feels so odd
Huh, I feel 'centre' is much more posh.... I typically use center when I write, but centre is much cooler...
@chesspanda6 said in #25:
> > To me "center" is so natural and "centre" feels so odd
>
> Huh, I feel 'centre' is much more posh.... I typically use center when I write, but centre is much cooler...
I don't think it has to do with poshness. Centre is the British spelling and center is the American spelling. Innit?
More generally, the American spelling is closer to phonetics: for instance ou is replaced by o when it is pronounced as an o (example : colour/ color) and s is replaced by z when it is pronounced as a z (example: fantasise / fantasize).
@Cedur216 said in #20:
> whether I'm modeling or modelling, I'm doing the same thing.
Have you tried yodelling or yödeling?
gray grey
Funny thing about languages, without (for instance) arabic loanwords, English vocabulary would be much more scanty. And English anyway is ultimately from old Norse language (due to viking influence).
Cheque VS Check