Single or double "L"

Hello,

I'm working for a Dutch company who produces labels for bottles etc.
My colleague and I had a discussion about the following subject.
Within our company there's a section with the name : Barcoding and Labelling.
They manufacture machine's for the automatic attachment of labels to.....anything.

How do you write: "labelling". I thought, the right way to write it, is with one "L" : labeling.
We've searched the internet and found out that it's written in both ways.
So, we just don't know it anymore and wish to have the answer from an expert !

With best regards,

Mesjoggah

[Marylin]

Originally Posted by Mesjoggah

Hello,

I'm working for a Dutch company who produces labels for bottles etc.
My colleague and I had a discussion about the following subject.
Within our company there's a section with the name : Barcoding and Labelling.
They manufacture machine's for the automatic attachment of labels to.....anything.

How do you write: "labelling". I thought, the right way to write it, is with one "L" : labeling.
We've searched the internet and found out that it's written in both ways.
So, we just don't know it anymore and wish to have the answer from an expert !

With best regards,

Mesjoggah

Good question. Oxford dictionary uses double "L" but most other dictionaries include both versions. I think labeling with one "L" is more American than British but either way you are fine.

Originally Posted by Marylin

Good question. Oxford dictionary uses double "L" but most other dictionaries include both versions. I think labeling with one "L" is more American than British but either way you are fine.

Thank you for your early reply !
So, we can write it both ways. That's a relief.
It looks a little bit silly when the name of a part of your company is written in a wrong way.

Thanks,
Mesjoggah

[Tdol]

It's a British and American difference, but it won't worry many people on either side of the Atlantic which you choose.