Can you name the US to UK Spellings?

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US Spelling	UK Spelling
Draft
Maneuver
Criticize
Aluminum
Catalog
Pajamas
Plow
Program

US Spelling	UK Spelling
Tire
Armor
Checker
Center
Curb
Artifact
Jewelry
Defense

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US to UK Spellings Quiz

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Created by: IHateRegistering -
Contributed: October 11th, 2009
Category: Language
Plays: 1,581

Tags: United Kingdom, spelling

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	IHateRegistering:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 07:04 GMT	3 points
	If you are in the UK I recommend: http://www.sporcle.com/games/IHateRegistering/uktous

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	davo499:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 07:32 GMT	2 points
	not too difficult for an australian

	IHateRegistering:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 07:37 GMT	2 points
	I have multiple sources including a dictionary that says it is encyclopaedia. I am in the US however, can anyone else confirm that you don't use encyclopaedia? I'll change it/ remove it if that is the case.

	Matty:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 09:53 GMT	2 points
	Generally the OED is the best place to look for 'official' UK spellings, they're somewhat of an authority http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/encyclopedia?view=uk They seem to take Encyclopedia as the correct UK spelling with Encyclopaedia as only an acceptable alternative.

	muse:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 14:42 GMT	-3 points
	im scottish we def dont use encyclopaedia.!

	spongebob:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 17:32 GMT	-1 points
	really?

	IHateRegistering:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 18:26 GMT	1 point
	Ok the word has been changed to Archeology. http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/archaeology?view=uk Thanks for the input guys.

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alexielrieth:

Oct 11th, 2009 at 22:45 GMT

5 points

re: Lady_Galadriel= go to the website of a store like Kohls, they spell it "jewelry". And while I can't think of the name of any jewelry store, I'm sure they spell it the same way too.

	lalalala:	Oct 12th, 2009 at 07:51 GMT	4 points
	Lady_Galadriel...where the hell in the US do you live? It is 100% jewelry. like alexielrieth said, go to Tiffany or Zales or Jared's or any other jewelry store's website...trust me, that's how it's spelled.

	anAmatuer:	Oct 13th, 2009 at 05:09 GMT	2 points
	I've never seen archeology spelled the way you have on your quiz. I always (except for this sake, to keep the uk spelling secret) seen it spelled the British way (and I'm American!)

	lt2009:	Oct 13th, 2009 at 19:05 GMT	5 points
	im british and i still didn't know how to spell manoeuvre!

	bampote:	Oct 16th, 2009 at 19:37 GMT	4 points
	I'm in the US and I've always seen "archaeology."

	Osprey39:	Oct 22nd, 2009 at 07:08 GMT	2 points
	Wow, draught caught me completely off guard. I thought it was an entirely different word.

	IHateRegistering:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 02:22 GMT	1 point
	You may have been thinking of Drought, as in a water shortage

	Neostinker:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 11:34 GMT	-1 points
	I live in england and i use draft.. i didnt even know there was a different one. And haha i couldnt get manouv... either !

	immiinthetardis:	Oct 26th, 2009 at 16:08 GMT	4 points
	I alway spell it encyclopaedia... Not that it matters now you've changed it, I was just throwing in my experience. :)

	rabbit:	Oct 28th, 2009 at 07:11 GMT	1 point
	archaeology is never without the a

	Matt999:	Oct 28th, 2009 at 23:45 GMT	3 points
	Yeah 'draft' of, say, a document and a 'draught' as in a piece in the game Draughts, which you call Checkers, and which we would call Chequers, are spelt differently here. :P

	IHateRegistering:	Oct 29th, 2009 at 08:52 GMT	2 points
	I also like how instead of spelling the past tense of "spell" as "spelled"(as it is in the US) it is spelled/spelt "spelt" (In UK). Same goes for learned/learnt etc.

	Moldemort:	Nov 11th, 2009 at 18:57 GMT	0 points
	full marks :D glad as I'm British - glad you didn't use the obvious ones like color/colour etc.

	lalalala:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 04:48 GMT	4 points
	I have NEVER seen archaeology without the second A. I just went to my college's archaeology department website to verify this. My college is in New York. I'd say that's pretty definitive. Americans spell archaeology exactly as I have typed it.

	lalalala:	Nov 25th, 2009 at 04:52 GMT	4 points
	who keeps thumbs-downing the Americans who know how to spell archaeology? Seriously, go to the websites of archaeology departments of various US colleges, you'll see it ALWAYS has two A's.

	IHateRegistering:	Dec 20th, 2009 at 20:33 GMT	2 points
	After doing a bit of research I have found that Archeology is definitely used in the USA but so is Archaeology. I will find a replacement word.

	IHateRegistering:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 03:16 GMT	2 points
	Ok Archeology has been changed to Curb. I have multiple dictionaries and sources that say the British spelling of Curb IS USED. If they all happen to be wrong... let me know.

	Shanamah:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 03:35 GMT	-1 points
	I'm American and several of these examples are spelled/spelt the way I learned. Maybe my school was just awesome?

	HiddenPalace:	Apr 6th, 2010 at 17:10 GMT	2 points
	Manoeuvre is a bugger.

	javonzir:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 09:53 GMT	3 points
	British English does use both versions of curb but the two spellings have different meanings. To control or limit something that is not wanted is to CURB that activity. I presume you meant the other definition.

	Anne13:	Apr 7th, 2010 at 18:00 GMT	3 points
	I'm American, but prefer UK spellings. I enjoyed this quiz!

	calante:	Apr 11th, 2010 at 06:54 GMT	2 points
	One I remember from doing my degree in the UK was mediaeval (versus American medieval) Could be one to add in or if you need some other replacement for a problematic one. Manoeuvre is an awesome spelling-- takes it right back to the root French, yay!

	VanessaE:	Aug 16th, 2010 at 11:55 GMT	1 point
	This quiz just taught me how to spell manoeuvre. Thanks :)

	stl100:	Aug 16th, 2010 at 15:14 GMT	1 point
	A lot of these have two spellings in British English depending on the usage - draught (as in gust) vs. draft (of a document), program (for a computer) vs. programme (on the TV), checker (one who checks) vs. chequer (black and white squares), curb (your enthusiasm) vs. kerb (on a road), artifact (an error) vs. artefact (in a museum).

	Rowox:	Jan 14th, 2011 at 21:54 GMT	1 point
	Consider putting GREY/GRAY in?

	sargeanthr:	May 3rd, 2011 at 17:37 GMT	0 points
	draft means a basic, first version of an essay, for example, and a draught is a breeze from under the door