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[–]malleus_maleficarum 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The British use the Queen's 'u'. Honour/honor. Neighbour/neighbor. Etc. The Americans threw that 'u' into Boston harbour/harbor and never got it back. Some words like biscuit would be changed to convey the original meaning. Some slang like 'loo' is only British.