Subj : Women don't like rain
To   : Alexander Koryagin
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Wed Aug 28 2019 22:12:52

Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

 AH>> I also note with interest that our neighbours to the
 AH>> south tend to shorten the spelling of words like
 AH>> "cheque" and "neighbour", in an apparent attempt to
 AH>> simplify the language.

 AK>> Is "check and neighbor" a tendency to shorten?
 AK>> It is just the American spelling which is different
 AK>> from the British/Canadian one.

 AH>  Can you think of any [esp. US] spelling which requires
 AH>  more letters than the [esp. UK/Can/Aus] equivalent?
 AH>  Offhand, I can't....

 AK>  I am not sure I understand. If they (Americans, your
 AK>  south neighbours) shorten "neighbour" they got
 AK>  "neighbor", the American spelling.
 AK>  https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/neighbour


            Yes.  And WRT both of the above, the American spelling seems to be 
either a shortened version of the spelling they brought with them from England 
prior to 1776 or the shortest version in common use during the 1820's....  :-Q




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