BE meagre/AE meager
Cf centre/center theatre/theater etc
Being Canadian I am always conflicted when it comes to BE versus AE spelling. In school we are basically taught the BE version of spelling, at least when I was in school (too many decades to count now

.). Hence, we still are taught the alphabet as ..... x, y, zed.
I personally like "center" and "theatre" for my spelling. "Centre", while I suppose it is a British spelling, is also a French spelling for the word "center". Coming from a country that has French/English as its two official languages I tend to keep the two spellings separate. "Theatre" on the other hand just looks more descriptive to me. It gives the word more polish than "theater". Again it has a French influence as that is that language's spelling.
Of course, living in Canada we come under the influence of American television. As a result our English changes slowly but there are many words we use that are distinctly different from the USA. In fact it is those words that often tripped USA draft dodgers in the late 60's/early 70's when they tried to pretend they were Canadians.
I taught ESL for 6 months in Thailand and I felt sorry for the students there at times. They were taught by ESL teachers from many countries. Britain, USA, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and now Canada. Many of those previous teachers insisted on their particular brand of English spelling and accents.
I was teaching mostly listening/speaking English then and I recall an incident when I mentioned there was a
CONtroversy about an issue we were discussing. A very brave student who previously had not participated in the class slowly raised his hand.
"Yes, Pop (in Thailand everyone goes by a nickname). Do you have a question? I asked.
"You are not pronouncing that word properly. It is con
TROVersy, not
CONtroversy"
I looked at him and smiled. "I am guessing that you previously had a British teacher before me."
He nodded his head and I explained that both pronunciations were acceptable as far as I was concerned. It was just the different way the British and North American people pronounced the word.