It's driving me crazy
Jane McGary (Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:46:06 PST)

Having been a lexicographer during my long career, I suggest that we
do not initiate a discussion of the difference between American and
British spellings.

In brief, it is due mostly to Noah Webster, the 19th-century American
lexicographer, who was also a spelling reformer and introduced
"rationalized" spellings in his dictionaries. For instance, he
re-Latinized British "colour" and "honor" to "color" and "honor."

American spelling conventions are now used by many international
scholarly presses, including Oxford and Cambridge university presses,
for both of whom I have edited.

And for a further linguistic footnote, I would like to welcome our
latest PBS new member, who lives in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, which I am
not making up. (Hint: "w" can be a vowel in Welsh.)

Jane McGary

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