center or centre?
By camomile07
@camomile07 (1420)
Germany
3 responses
@peavey (16936)
• United States
31 Jul 11
"centre" is the UK or British spelling, used often by Scots and Irish, too, or anyone who has learned English in Great Britain. "Center" is the Americanized version, so anyone who lives there or has learned to write English in the USA, will spell it like that. They're both the same word and both spellings are correct.
@urbandekay (18278)
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31 Jul 11
Not just British but also 'centre' is used in Africa, Australia and, I would imagine, Indian but what of Canada?
all the best urban
@camomile07 (1420)
• Germany
31 Jul 11
Thanks for the information.
It's an interesting question: which form do people use in Australia?
@urbandekay (18278)
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31 Jul 11
Strangely some American place names use English spelling
all the best urban
@wmraul (2552)
• Bucharest, Romania
31 Jul 11
Centre is british english, center is american english - similar somehow to lift (british english) vs elevator (american english).
here you have a better and longer explanation of those center / centre words meaning and usage.
http://www.differencebetween.net/language/difference-between-center-and-centre/
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Also, here you have a list of british vs american english words which mean same but are different.
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/british-american.htm
