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Someone please consolidate this with the English language/American? English subpage entry.

I've worked on the integration, seeking to save as text as possible. Differences between British English and American English have been moved to British English page until we find a good home for it. -- Aristotle.

Someone please consolidate this with the English language/American? English subpage entry.

Having personally lost a city wide spelling bee over plough/plow (my elementary school used an Australian grammar series, American grammar books having already gone to hell) I still hold a grudge against Noah Webster. And its not anecdotal. Is there a page yet for spelling reform? There are certainly lots of 'em. This entry is going to shift to more substantive issues (17th century English as the base for American dialects, etc.) when a dialectician gets ahold of it, but I'm not up to that. --MichaelTinkler

Someone please consolidate this with the English language/American? English subpage entry.