Poll: English or American spelling?

[RedPandaMan]

I use the American one, just for the fact that I was born and raised in America, and it is the default check. Color just looks more normal than colour to me.

 

[TheCameraman]

I don't use spellchecks, because I'm THAT cool. /smug

However, I tend to write "British" english, even though I'm not british.

 

[daviejjd]

Hmm... should I spell using the right spelling of ENGLISH or not?

 

[Xorghul]

British.

 

[eelel]

I use English.

 

[GoldenRaz]

I don't use spell-check, I'm just this good.
Anyhoo, my English is somewhat of a hybrid between the two, but I guess British has the upper hand.

 

[Georgeman]

British. I was taught British and, even though that sounds nitpicking, I can't stand seeing words like Judgement, Theatre and Centre written as Judgment, Theater, Center. Also I think that calling the season "Fall" as opposed to "Autumn" is ridiculous.

 

[Nimbus]

Well, I live outside America, so, English spelling.

 

[Florion]

I'm Canadian, but British English is typically closer to our spelling than American English is. I think, most of the words that we spell American-like are those ones with optional double-Ls, like you can say "traveled" or "travelled" and it doesn't matter.

 

[Erja_Perttu]

British as I was born, raised and spelled.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

While I prefer to use English, my browser only lets me use American. Plus my school is American, so I learn everything in American.

 

[Stormz]

American, just never really changed it to the proper spellings for some reason. I'm just used to it now.

 

[XJ-0461]

English, because that's what I am.

English because that's the correct way to spell the words, it's called english not american

nice and provocative, let the quotations role!!

You're right, but some corrections needed to be made.

 

[Vuljatar]

Depends on the word, usually I go with the American spelling because the English spelling for a lot of things just looks stupid.

 

[TheGreenManalishi]

British. It's RIGHT.

 

[Psypherus]

british because that's the correct way to spell the words, it's called english not american

Exactly.

 

[BlueMage]

English, because American-English is, quite simply, a provincial dialect.

Australian-English doesn't stray quite so far - we just turn a sentence into a single giant word somehow.

 

[WolfmanNougat]

Surely this just boils down to "my heritage is better than thine"?
Idunno, maybe some Brits use the American spellcheck and vice versa, but wouldn't it make more sense to make a poll about people's nationality? Or, place they were raised, at least.

 

[tirone231]

"American" because I am an American, and it's the way I was taught. Although I have to use the word Theatre, rather than Theater because of my respect for the art and Shakespeare.

Quick question to any British people reading this: Does it matter if we call your country England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom? I know that G.B. technically refers to England and Scotland, and U.K. refers to England, Scotland, and Ireland, but since they have been used interchangably (especially in America), should one be used over the others?