'Allot' is a word. 'Alot' is not.

tjkubota93 · Oct 21, 2018

cqaigy2 said:
hang, hanged, hung

Sit, sat

S-h-i-t, s-h-a-t or s-h-i-t-t-e-d?

2LaneCruzer · Oct 22, 2018

bunyip said:
Tomato, potato although the Greeks in the chip shops pronounce it 'potatto' and Tony becomes Tonnee.
Cumin and basil come to mind too, we say Cummin and Bazell rather than Coomin and Bayzill.
Oregano, Orreegarno vs Oregganno.
We argue with the poms (British) they have Pastees and Carsells whereas we say Parstees and Cassells (Pasties and Castles).
And doing USA based word games I have to concentrate when CENTRE/THEATRE etc aren't accepted, so much for a common language!

I can't explain this, but I have always spelled it "Theatre". Spell check gets me every time, so being the obedient sort that I am, I change it. I learned a lot my reading and spelling from comic books, even before I started school, so I suppose I might have picked it up there. I know that the "re" version is more visually appealing, at least to me.

cqaigy2 · Oct 22, 2018

2LaneCruzer said:
I can't explain this, but I have always spelled it "Theatre". Spell check gets me every time, so being the obedient sort that I am, I change it. I learned a lot my reading and spelling from comic books, even before I started school, so I suppose I might have picked it up there. I know that the "re" version is more visually appealing, at least to me.

When i was in middle school, vocabulary, my teacher was from Scotland. She "messed" up a whole slew of words spelling and pronunciation, which we dutifully learned. I've pretty much "corrected" the spelling, but still will pronounce a word a little different then is usual in the States here. :laughing: