Webster “Americanising” English in the early 20th century was surprisingly recent. I get caught out quite often writing code at work by accidentally using the British spellings I’m used to instead of American English (which is the de facto language of code regardless of how I feel about it).
I’ve heard that the “u” drop (along with the “l” drop) was a result of telegrams (kinda like you -> u in early texting/Twitter days to save on characters). Regardless it happened before any of our lifetimes so it’s pretty much standardized at this point. I can definitely see where it would be frustrating in the coding world, but it’s not like that can be reasonably regionalized so it’s a situation we’re just stuck with.
Webster “Americanising” English in the early 20th century was surprisingly recent. I get caught out quite often writing code at work by accidentally using the British spellings I’m used to instead of American English (which is the de facto language of code regardless of how I feel about it).
I’ve heard that the “u” drop (along with the “l” drop) was a result of telegrams (kinda like you -> u in early texting/Twitter days to save on characters). Regardless it happened before any of our lifetimes so it’s pretty much standardized at this point. I can definitely see where it would be frustrating in the coding world, but it’s not like that can be reasonably regionalized so it’s a situation we’re just stuck with.
Didn’t know that about telegrams.
I think I sounded grumpier there than I meant to. It’s a relatively small adjustment!