british and american spelling?

[guzhao67]

Hi: some verbs have two kinds of spelling with regard to their past tense and past participle forms, such as wake-waked/woke-waked/woken; shaved-shaved-shaved/shaven; spell-seplled/spelt-spell/spelt, etc. Are these different forms of spelling related to the difference between British and American English?
Thank you.

 

[SoothingDave]

Some are and some are just alternate or older forms. For example "spelled" is AmE, while "spelt" is BrE. But the choice of, say "has been proved" v "has been proven" seems to be a personal thing here in AmE.

 

[Rover_KE]

Look here:

• [h=2]American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia, the ...[/h]One of the ways in which American English and British English differ is in spelling
  . Contents. 1 Historical origins; 2 Latin-derived spellings. 2.1 -our, -or; 2.2 -re, ...
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences
  
• [h=2]British and American spelling - Oxford Dictionaries Online[/h]British and American spelling by Oxford Dictionaries Online.
  http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/british-and-american-spelling
  
• [h=2]UK vs US spelling[/h]Mar 24, 2005 ... The differences between British and American spelling.
  http://www.tysto.com/articles05/q1/20050324uk-us.shtml

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