Writing and spelling! fairy/faery

@raydene (9871)
United States
May 16, 2008 9:15am CST
I was realizing how different spelling for the same word all seem right.. Like I spell fairy but some of my friends here spell faery Can youn think of other words like this? xoxoxoxoxo
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@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
17 May 08
In the Us you spell SURPRIZE this way right? In Canada we spell it SURPRISE.
• Canada
17 May 08
Sorry I let the cap lock out to fast shoud read U.S. I'm sorry.
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@weemam (13372)
16 May 08
All my words with you for example favour colour are wrong as far as my spell check goos , The Americans say favor ot color , I actually think the American way is best but when I write as I have been taught they are all incorrect lol , xxx
@weemam (13372)
20 Jun 08
Thank you so much for the BR pal :) xx
@GardenGerty (158295)
• United States
17 May 08
All of the words that in American English end in "or" seem to end in "our" in the Queens English, colour, harbour, etc.
@k1tten (2318)
• United States
18 May 08
Oh yes, gryphon for example. It can be spelled gryphon, gryffon, griffon, griphon, griffin. Way too many ways. I knew of some others but they're not coming to me right now.
@BarBaraPrz (45882)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
16 May 08
Well, there's the whole lineup of -our/-or and -re/-er words which designate whether the speller is using English or American...
• United States
18 May 08
Usually when people use the 'ae' in faerie they don't use the 'y' at the end. (Like I just spelled it: faerie). 'Faerie' is the more archaic form--it's more old fashioned, but usually better when talking about more mythological fae as opposed to modern, Tinkerbell-type fairies. 'Fairy' tends to be more of a modern, pixie word. I know this doesn't answer your question...but that's my two cents. Spelling differences can usually be attributed to country differences (i.e. England/British spelling vs. American) or the age of the word (i.e. many Old/Middle English words use the 'ae' whereas modernized versions use 'e').
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
16 May 08
is that english?or writing fairy in another language?well so many words of english are spelt wrongly and the funny thing about this is that they seem so right that we are already used to such spellings