travelled or traveled

[Thomas_BE]

Hello,

I am writing a brochure for the US market about a GPS-system, and I am wondering if I should write 'the device displays the distance travelled' or '...the distance traveled'.
I would go with 'traveled', but we are having an animated discussion before going to print, so now I'm not sure anymore...

I thought the rule was simple: there is no stress on the preceding vowel 'e', so we write with one 'l' only.
Is this rule correct? Or is a matter of AE versus BE?

Looking forward to reading your answer very soon!

Kind regards,

Thomas

[David L.]

Is the brochure for the UK, Europe, Australia and S.E. Asia, or specifically for the USA? You are caught between the different spellings of certain words, American English v British English.
'travelled" is correct for the UK etc
Some USA replier in this forum will tell you about there.

[Thomas_BE]

David,

My first sentence started with: "I am writing a brochure for the US market", so why are you then asking if will be for Europe or Asia?

And then you wrote: "Some USA replier in this forum will tell you about there." I don't understand this sentence... 'About there'? Where? To which place are you referring?

Kind regards,

Thomas

[Tdol]

(I'm a British English speaker)

American dictionaries seem to give both spellings without stating thazt the double L is BrE. However, the spelling used by Merriam Webster withint the entry uses a single letter, which suggests to me that this is the form they prefer:
Definition of travel - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
travel. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

[Thomas_BE]

TDol,

Thanks a lot for your information and useful links!

Kind regards,

Thomas